The End of Miracles

International Book Awards 2016 finalist for literary fiction Written by a prominent psychiatrist, this stirring portrait of one woman s psychological unraveling takes readers on a suspenseful journey across the blurred boundaries between sanity and depression, madness and healing. Margo Kerber has endured difficult years battling infertility while trying to sustain her good marriage and satisfying career. When a joyful pregnancy ends in a late miscarriage, she is devastated. For a time, the false belief that she is once again pregnant rescues her from grief. When this comforting fantasy inevitably clashes with ultrasound reality, Margo falls into a deep depression. She is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, where the environment is often chaotic. Worried it is making her worse, she seizes an opportunity to flee. Alone on the city streets, a new fantasy propels her to kidnap a baby from its carriage."