It was in interesting, quick read and definitely not the ending I expected!

This book, and it's varying perspectives, offer a lot of "what if this", "what if that" types of questions. As shocking as Lucy's kidnapping seems, the harsh reality that similar circumstances have probably occurred in reality rings true to the reader.

I had a hard time with this book as a baby was basically kidnapped. The child had a good life, but that doesn't negate the fact that many other lives were affected negatively. These lives will never be the same, due to one person's selfishness, or obsession.

The ripple effect of a split second decision involved in a baby being kidnapped that alters many lives is explored in this novel. There are many themes that are brought out. Motherhood, forgiveness, ownership, family values. Many points of view of all the characters are presented in short chapters that keep the reader moving quickly ahead to see the outcome.

Lucy Wakefield is a seemingly ordinary woman who does something extraordinary in a desperate moment: she takes a baby girl from a shopping cart and raises her as her own. It’s a secret she manages to keep for over two decades—from her daughter, the babysitter who helped raise her, family, coworkers, and friends.

When Lucy’s now-grown daughter Mia discovers the devastating truth of her origins, she is overwhelmed by confusion and anger and determines not to speak again to the mother who raised her. She reaches out to her birth mother for a tearful reunion, and Lucy is forced to flee to China to avoid prosecution. What follows is a ripple effect that alters the lives of many and challenges our understanding of the very meaning of motherhood.

the premise is a good one but the story reads a bit flat. it is told through various characters -- each chapter a different one. Not all of them are so believable and the ending was not very good.

A quick moving story of a baby kidnapped at 4 months of age. The story is told thru cleverly written vignettes by characters essential to the plot. I couldn’t put this down. P. 329 “When you forgive, the prisoner you set free is yourself.”