The Surrogate: A NovelSimon and Schuster, 2 de maig 2006 - 352 pàgines To a penniless twenty-year-old like Jamie Long, surrogate motherhood seemed both an act of altruism and a financial opportunity. But once pregnant and under contract to Amanda Hartmann, the head of a famous evangelical family, Jamie realizes that she's getting more than she bargained for. Whisked away to the vast, isolated family ranch, she's closely supervised and carefully cut off from the outside world. She learns the family's dark secrets -- and sees the enormity of their ruthlessness. When Jamie hears Amanda's plan to claim the baby as her natural-born child, she begins to suspect that her own life is in danger and resolves to flee. Alone with a tiny newborn, she calls on the one man in the world she can trust -- her high school crush, Joe Brammer. Their love unites them in a struggle to escape, and soon enough their flight becomes a fight for their lives. Brilliantly weaving some of today's most controversial social issues into a captivating page-turner, The Surrogate is Judith Henry Wall's greatest triumph to date. |
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Pàgina 326 - COME, Thou almighty King, Help us Thy name to sing, Help us to praise ; Father all glorious, O'er all victorious, Come and reign over us, Ancient of days.
Pàgina 326 - LOVE divine, all love excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down ! Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown ; Jesus', thou art all compassion, Pure, unbounded love thou art ; Visit us with thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart.
Pàgina 147 - A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; our helper he amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe; his craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate on earth is not his equal.
Pàgina 97 - WHAT a Friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear ; What a privilege to carry Everything to God in prayer.
Pàgina 114 - Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee, All through the night. Guardian angels God will send thee, All through the night.
Pàgina 98 - Feeling a little foolish, he went to the door and looked up and down the hall. There was no one in sight. He shut the door and went back to sit down across from Otter. "Trouble?
Pàgina 126 - A slight drizzle began as they stepped outside the church — the weather finally matching her mood — and she paused, trying to decide what to do with the rest of the day. She couldn't go back to work, not yet. She noticed Sam standing on the sidewalk, also hesitating. "A lovely service,
Pàgina 126 - She put her arms around him and buried her face in his shoulder. "I don't want anything to happen to you, Kiv.
Pàgina 68 - After she had dried off, she looked at herself in the mirror on the back of the door and hardly recognized herself. "You look like hell,