The Pharmacist by Gillian Jackson
Narrated in a sort of a dual timeline, The Pharmacist is quite interesting and you would engaged to find out various answers. Alice and Tom are both youthful and immensely in love. So much so, they were married by the time they were done with college. But, as luck would have it, they were not destined to have a child, on whom they could shower all their love and affection. On mutual agreement, they brought Rachel home from the adoption center. Rachel was a difficult baby. Hardly reacting to anything. She would flinch if Tom & Alice would want to hug her. It was painful for any parent to not be able to show their affection in simple gestures. Tom & Alice consoled themselves that it was probably in the genes that Rachel did not like any show of affection. She neither liked it from anybody, nor exhibited any of her own. As years passed, Tom & Alice were blessed with a baby girl, Jenny. Suddenly, the flood gates of warmth and affection opened up in Rachel's heart and mind...