Not her daughter

First Title Value for Searching:

Not her daughter

Personal Author:

Frey, Rea

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

vi, 344 pages ; 21 cm.

Genre:

Suspense fiction

Summary:

Emma Townsend. Five years old. Gray eyes, brown hair. Missing since June. Emma is lonely. Living with her cruel mother and clueless father, Emma retreats into her own world of quiet and solitude. Sarah Walker. Successful entrepreneur. Broken-hearted. Kidnapper. Sarah has never seen a girl so precious as the gray-eyed child in a crowded airport terminal. When a second-chance encounter with Emma presents itself, Sarah takes her, far away from home. But if it's to rescue a little girl from her damaging mother, is kidnapping wrong? Amy Townsend. Unhappy wife. Unfit mother. Unsure whether she wants her daughter back. Amy's life is a string of disappointments, but her biggest issue is her inability to connect with her daughter. And now Emma is gone without a trace. As Sarah and Emma avoid the nationwide hunt, they form an unshakeable bond. But what about Emma's real mother, back at home?

Subject Term:

Motherhood -- Fiction.

Abandoned children -- Fiction.

Missing children -- Fiction.

Kidnapping -- Fiction.

Child abuse -- Fiction.

Publication Info:

New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2018.

Subject:

Motherhood -- Fiction.

Abandoned children -- Fiction.

Missing children -- Fiction.

Kidnapping -- Fiction.

Child abuse -- Fiction.

Suspense fiction

Maternity

Children, Abandoned

Exposed children

Abduction of children

Child abduction

Child snatching

Kidnaping

Abuse of children

Child maltreatment

Child neglect

Children -- Abuse of

Cruelty to children

Maltreatment of children

Neglect of children

SAILS ISBN:

9781250166425

Available:

Library	Shelf Number	Shelf Location	Status
Searching... Bridgewater Public Library	FREY, R	FICTION	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Dartmouth - Southworth	GDRD FIC FRE	GOOD READS	Searching... Unknown
Searching... East Bridgewater Public Library	FREY, R. 2018	FICTION	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Mansfield Public Library	FIC FREY	FICTION	Searching... Unknown
Searching... New Bedford Francis J. Lawler Branch	FIC FREY	FICTION	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Somerset Public Library	FREY REA	FICTION	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Gripping, emotional, and wire-taut, Rea Frey's Not Her Daughter raises the question of what it means to be a mother--and how far someone will go to keep a child safe.

"Brings to mind Jodi Picoult...thought-provoking domestic drama." - Booklist

"Will make you miss your bedtime, guaranteed." - Bestselling author Kimberly Belle

Emma Townsend. Five years old. Gray eyes, brown hair. Missing since June.

Emma is lonely. Living with her cruel mother and clueless father, Emma retreats into her own world of quiet and solitude.

Sarah Walker. Successful entrepreneur. Broken-hearted. Kidnapper.

Sarah has never seen a girl so precious as the gray-eyed child in a crowded airport terminal. When a second-chance encounter with Emma presents itself, Sarah takes her--far away from home. But if it's to rescue a little girl from her damaging mother, is kidnapping wrong?

Amy Townsend. Unhappy wife. Unfit mother. Unsure whether she wants her daughter back.

Amy's life is a string of disappointments, but her biggest issue is her inability to connect with her daughter. And now Emma is gone without a trace.

As Sarah and Emma avoid the nationwide hunt, they form an unshakeable bond. But what about Emma's real mother, back at home?

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Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

Amy Townsend's self-loathing manifests as anger and violence toward her five-year-old daughter, Emma. Sarah Walker witnesses one of these dark moments, and when Emma crosses Sarah's path again, Sarah makes a split-second decision: take Emma from her abusive mother, thus rescuing her from a lifelong sadness. Sarah knows this sadness well her mother walked out when she was a child, leaving Sarah to cope with her father's grief, and her own. As Sarah and Emma journey across the U.S., Emma's wounds heal and she learns to love but at what price? As the investigation into Emma's disappearance deepens, Sarah must decide between returning Emma to her mother or continuing to bond with the little girl whom she has come to love as her own. Frey's debut novel delves into deeper issues of motherhood, leaving readers to consider the moral question at its heart: was Sarah justified in destroying Amy's life to save Emma's? The combination of flawed characters in extraordinary circumstances and sensational plot brings to mind Jodi Picoult; suggest this to all fans of thought-provoking domestic drama.--Nanette Donohue Copyright 2018 Booklist