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Other People's Children

Written by: Jeff Hoffmann
Narrated by: Michael David Axtell,Amanda Dolan,Madeleine Maby,Marni Penning,Tara Sands,Pete Simonelli
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An “engrossing debut” novel (Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me) about a couple whose dreams of adoption push them to do the unthinkable when their baby’s birth family steps into the picture.

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO SAVE YOUR FAMILY?

As soon as Gail and Jon Durbin bring home their adopted baby Maya, she becomes the glue that mends their fractured marriage.

But the Durbin’s social worker, Paige, can’t find the teenage birth mother to sign the consent forms. By law, Carli has seventy-two hours to change her mind. Without her signature, the adoption will unravel.

Carli is desperate to pursue her dreams, so giving her baby a life with the Durbins seems like the right choice - until her own mother throws down an ultimatum. Soon Carli realizes how few choices she has.

As the hours tick by, Paige knows that the Durbins’ marriage won’t survive the loss of Maya, but everyone’s life is shattered when they - and baby Maya - disappear without a trace.

Filled with heartrending turns, Other People’s Children is a riveting thriller you’ll find impossible to put down.

©2021 Hoffmann Ventures LLC. All rights reserved. (P)2021 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Sabrina Gramatica
  • 2022-02-15

A soup of clichés

As far as the reading goes, I don’t have a particular problem. The story, however, is stale. Each character does not have any serious development, and in the end they are all rushed into a conclusion to allow the author to wrap it all up in a pretty bow-tie. Each and every character is such a cliché. To make it all worse, the author throws in there a bunch of psychological theories as subjects of study, almost as if to show that the author is proficient on the subject matter, where in fact they could have opted for a more profound development of one or two of the main characters. Supposedly this is a debut, but still, it left me underwhelmed on all fronts.

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  • Kimberly Bindas
  • 2022-02-08

Terrible

How many smells can you use to describe a baby?? None of the characters was likable whatsoever. Old storyline but not written as well as many. Returning it if I can.

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  • Shanta (@not.a.quick.fix)
  • 2021-11-14

OPC

A more than good read! A little disappointing at the ending but I guess there really wasn’t more to be told.

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  • Amber Johnson
  • 2021-07-31

Not So Thrilling Thriller

Overall it was well written but the characters and their decisions took me by surprise. The subject matter allowed for a thought provoking discussion at our book club.