Eighteen years after bringing their son home from the hospital, the Hunters discover they are not his real parents. Who are Phillip's real parents? And who is the Hunters' biological son? In the journey to uncover lost identities, this compelling novel explore the curiosities, family secrets, questions, and changed relationships that come with the family's astounding discovery.
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"...Gripping fiction like Winter's, ...is fast becoming the real world our children will inherit." -- Edith Weiner President of Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Co. and author of Office Biology
"...deals with ageless questions and secrets we do not learn until the end. Winter is by turns serious and funny, but always on the mark." -- John Bowers, Best selling writer, author of In the Land of Nyx, The Colony, and many more
"...it probes universal emotions...stirs issues about the nature of parenthood. The novel has much to say about the way we live today... -- Richard Lingeman, Reviewer for the New York Times
"Emotionally charged and moving... Someone Else's Son goes beyond family melodrama to explore issues that touch too close to home." -- Judith Gould, Best selling author of Sins and Forever
'Thank you for letting me see the new book. You really are working it. Good subject too-something you can sink your teeth into. Keep at it." -- Jack Geasland, Co-author, with Barry Woods, of Twins
"...deals with ageless questions and secrets we do not learn until the end. Winter is by turns serious and funny, but always on the mark." -- John Bowers, Best selling writer, author of In the Land of Nyx, The Colony, and many more
"...it probes universal emotions...stirs issues about the nature of parenthood. The novel has much to say about the way we live today... -- Richard Lingeman, Reviewer for the New York Times
"Emotionally charged and moving... Someone Else's Son goes beyond family melodrama to explore issues that touch too close to home." -- Judith Gould, Best selling author of Sins and Forever
'Thank you for letting me see the new book. You really are working it. Good subject too-something you can sink your teeth into. Keep at it." -- Jack Geasland, Co-author, with Barry Woods, of Twins
From the Inside Flap
Trish and Brad Hunter are in limbo. Eighteen years after bringing their first son, Phillip, home from the hospital, they discover that they are not his natural parents. Who are Phillip Hunter's real parents? And who is Trish and Brad's biological son?
Someone Else's Son explores the host of questions, curiosities, family secrets, and changed relationships that have come with the discovery that Phillip was switched at birth. As doubts abound and relationships go awry, the whole family structure begins to shake. Every page challenges the role nurturing plays versus Nature's hidden genetic code.
Brad Hunter feels it's his fatherly duty to assist Phillip in searching for his biological parents, while Trish wants no part of it - insisting that Phillip is their son, no matter what. The escalating conflict between husband and wife, and the unfolding of Phillip's first love affair, both add emotional stress to Phillip's search for his biological parents.
Phillip questions could be anyone's - adopted children's, children from alternative forms of insemination or surrogate pregnancies, or those real-life children whose identities may have been mistaken in hospital nurseries.
At one time or another, most of us have stared into a mirror, touched our lips, our noses, or checked our smiles to see if they were similar to a parent's or sibling's. It is human nature to wonder about our origin.
Do the years spent together and the shared experiences create the parent-child bond? Or is it the genetic make-up? Which contribution has the strongest influence on the child?
The extremely well-developed search for the truth makes Someone Else's Son an unforgettable first novel.
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Captivating from start to finish. A must read.,
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This review is from: Someone Else's Son (Hardcover)
Dr. Winter's insight into human emotions is truly unique and refreshing. I haven't read an author with this much literary dexterity since Joseph Conrad. I encourage all to read this novel.
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A touching novel,
By S.H. (Boca Raton, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Someone Else's Son (Hardcover)
Someone Else's Son was an unexpected pleasure. It moved me to look more carefully at each of my children, wondering how much of me was in them, or my wife's genes, and how all our efforts to bring them up really mattered. This is a novel for everyone sensitive person to read. Share it with your friends; it has meaning for anyone who ever had a child. It moved my to tears
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