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    Hide the Child

    By Dai Alanye

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    Finding it medically impossible to conceive children, Jancy and her husband take a shortcut to adoption.

    They find a penniless young woman, pregnant and unwed, and with the help of a pliable midwife, birth the baby in their home. After payment the woman disappears, never to bother them again. Despite guilty fears, all is well for some time.

    Then Jancy’s husband becomes ill. His business fails, their bank accounts are drained, they lose their home to foreclosure. After his death Jancy is on her own with no relatives to help, bill collectors to dodge, and a young son to care for and protect. She needs to find work, shelter, child care.

    And then...

    Then an investigator hired by the boy’s biological father locates her, hinting at exposure unless she offers him a bribe — not necessarily one of money. Yet will one bribe be the end of it?

    But has she any other choice?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDai Alanye
    Release dateOct 4, 2010
    ISBN9781452467672
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    Dai Alanye

    No superheroes nor anything supernatural (thus far, at least.) Expect merely ordinary people - you and me, as it were - caught up in extraordinary circumstances. Plots are character-driven, and the characters themselves are complex and often contradictory. I aim to appeal to the reader who has an ample sense of humor and an appreciation for irony. You can expect adventure and romance, but graphic violence and sex are at a minimum - think PG or PG-13 at most - and suitable for mature youths as well as adults.

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