Baby Come Back [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Maeve Haran (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2001

Molly Meredith is happy with her lot in life. She has a thoughtful, considerate husband in Joe, a house spectacularly decorated with her creative curtain making skills, and a gorgeous baby son, Eddie, who is considered cute and adorable by absolutely everyone he meets. Everyone, that is, except his father. For Joe has never come to terms with the fact that he has been adopted, and the arrival of his son just serves to rekindle painful memories. His reaction is to shut him out, and pretend that Eddie doesn't exist. Molly is understandably upset but is equally determined to do something about it. The key to their happiness, she decides, is the woman who gave him away all those years ago. When Molly finally tracks her down, she is shocked to discover who Joe's mother really is. Stella Milton is the intellectual sexpot of the British stage, an actress whose picture has adorned many an adolescent boy's bedroom. Joe is overjoyed at finally being acquainted, and for a while it seems that Molly's plan has worked. But then Joe starts spending more and more time with his mother, and less and less with his wife and son ...

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Editorial Reviews

Review

'A witty modern twist on the old story of two women fighting over the same man...as usual, Maeve Haran writes with wit, perception and a refreshingly light touch' - DAILY MAIL 'The story rattles along with humour and genuine emotion, and Molly's highly endearing character engages sympathy to the end' - FAMILY CIRCLE Maeve Haran is funny, romantic and utterly readable' WOMAN'S JOURNAL --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Maeve Haran is the highly successful author of HAVING IT ALL. A former journalist and producer, she is now a full time writer. She lives with her husband and their three children. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 456 pages
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books (November 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 070894471X
• ISBN-13: 978-0708944714
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,376,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Very very very light reading, March 15, 2004

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This review is from: Baby Come Back (Hardcover)

The premise of this story sounded good enough for me to grab it out of the sale bin at the bookstore. Joe is an 25 year old married man, somewhat curious about his birth mother (he was adopted at birth). His wife Molly helps him find her, then the story takes off as his birth mother turns out to be a flamboyant actress. As this is fiction, I hesitate to be too picky about details but some things shouldn't be done, even in fiction. The first big annoyance is the fact that Joe calls his adoptive parents by their first names. The second is this undercurrent of dissatisfaction Joe has always felt due to having been adopted. Upon meeting the baby she gave up at birth, Stella immediately falls in love with him. A battle of wills for his affection ensues, involving mostly the wife and birth mother. As an adopted person myself, I can assure all of you out there that I have 2 parents, one called Mom and the other called Dad. Any biology involved was incidental. An infant cannot feel rejected, so it's not like being adopted at birth can result in anybody's not fitting in, or feeling detached.
Like I said, this is fiction, and light fiction at that. But a pack of one dimensional characters, likeable though they may be, don't make for gripping reading. Fortunately, nobody really gets hurt in this story, and it all winds up with a fabulously happy ending.
If you find this in the library, or it is a gift, read it. Not too sure if I can recommend spending real money on it though.