Mom's Got a Secret

摘要

Lucy has a great job and a fancy apartment in New York City. Twenty-one years ago, she stole a baby from a shopping cart and has lovingly and lavishly raised the child ever since, claiming to everyone, including her daughter, that she was legally adopted. Mia is now finishing college and is very happy with Lucy as her only family. Then a coincidence, and the pervasive reach of social media allows Mia's birth mother to find her lost child, and life changes irrevocably for everyone involved. Ross's second novel (after the e-pubbed Making It) is a compelling and moving story that asks many questions about family, love, and justice. It is told from different perspectives, even if some minor characters just get a chapter or a page or two, which highlights how many people the kidnapping has affected. The ending hints at possible forgiveness and redemption. Whether Lucy deserves this or not will give book clubs much fodder for discussion. VERDICT Moving at a hard-to-put-down, breathless pace, this is suspenseful domestic fiction at its best.