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Publication Date: 2006

From the acclaimed author of "The Girlfriends Club", a heart-pounding tale of surrogate motherhood gone wrong and the desperate measures people will take in the name of love, family, and religion.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining..., July 17, 2006

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This review is from: The Surrogate: A Novel (Paperback)

There were times when this book read like a script for Lifetime Television for Women movie. A couple of over-the-top characters and some far-fetched plot devices caused me to roll my eyes more than a few times.

Having said that I must admit, I was totally suckered into this story. There were times I couldn't put this book down. The author does a great job drawing the reader into the story. I couldn't wait to find out what happened next. Some readers will most likely not care for this, as the Christians in this book are not portrayed in a good light. However, it's still a very entertaining book, great for a summer beach read. Enjoy!

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2.0 out of 5 stars good but could have been much better..., March 7, 2007

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This review is from: The Surrogate: A Novel (Paperback)

I am writing this review moments after finishing this book. THE SURROGATE was a very interesting novel and kept me guessing throughout, which is the type of book I find very entertaining. The problems I had though are with the author's insistant use of profanity and sexual scenes. The profanity was way to graphic and completly useless. It seemed as though she through them in for shock value which did nothing to help the story. Especially the scene where the lawyer described sex with his wife. What did that accomplish in moving the story forward?! Absolutely positively NOTHING! Also, the sexual scenes between Jamie and Joe weren't needed either. The author successfully painted a picture of a couple very much in love but the sex scenes just made it sound tawdry and immature. "His [...] was amazing". Stupid wording. Let their love have meaning. Let it mean more and leave a lot more to the reader's imagination. We will thank you for it later.

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4.0 out of 5 stars from the back cover:, January 20, 2010

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To a penniless twenty-year-old like Jamie Long, surrogate motherhood seemed both an act of altruism and a financial opportunity. But once pregnant and under contract to Amanda Hartmann, the head of a famous evangelical family, Jamie realizes that she's getting more than she bargained for. Whisked away to the vast, isolated family ranch, she's closely supervised and carefully cut off from the outside world. She learns the family's dark secrets -- and sees the enormity of their ruthlessness. When Jamie hears Amanda's plan to claim the baby as her natural-born child, she begins to suspect that her own life is in danger and resolves to flee.
Alone with a tiny newborn, she calls on the one man in the world she can trust -- her high school crush, Joe Brammer. Their love unites them in a struggle to escape, and soon enough their flight becomes a fight for their lives.

Brilliantly weaving some of today's most controversial social issues into a captivating page-turner, The Surrogate is Judith Henry Wall's greatest triumph to date.

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5.0 out of 5 stars couldnt put it down
I stayed in my seat and read until it was okay to breathe. This is one of those books that I remember all the details. That was 4 years ago!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad read
Okay, the ending is implausible, but the steps leading to it are entirely believable and scary in a conspiracy-theory kind of way. Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars A GOOD SUSPENSFUL STORY
This book was really good, and like the other reviewer said Kept me at the edge of my seat but it did get boring in some parts where it mentioned too much about the other woman's... Read more

Published on August 3, 2008 by Dawn Dellarocco

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
This was my first book written by Judith Henry Wall and I am an immediate fan of hers. This book was super intense and kept me on the edge of my seat. Read more

Published on May 9, 2008 by Andrea M. Amorosi

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh Baby...
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Published on February 22, 2008 by Katie Guthmiller

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Triumphs Evil--Hooray!
This book is about a desperate girl who became a surrogage mother for the money and found herself moving from "the pan into the fire" when she realized she was in danger and had... Read more

Published on November 17, 2007 by Karen Zemek

3.0 out of 5 stars An exciting story, but with predictable characters...
The Surrogate is a story of a young woman with financial problems contracting with a rich family as a surrogate mother to produce a baby. Read more

Published on July 26, 2007 by R Schmidt

2.0 out of 5 stars Hopelessly Vacuous
Try as I might, I still can't stifle my perpetual yawn having read Judith Henry Wall's THE SURROGATE. Read more

Published on July 25, 2007 by D. Mikels

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is awesome
The book starts off alittle slow, but picks up very fast. it was so hard to put it down, i always wanted to find out what was happening next. Read more

Published on April 8, 2007 by Christina Mitchell

2.0 out of 5 stars Women's adventure novel trying to be more
With a bit more research, this book could have been a political thriller; with a bit less, it could have been a romance novel. Read more

Published on October 12, 2006 by Emily

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Mary Millicent, Miss Montgomery, Jamie Long, Amanda Hartmann, Gus Hartmann, Oklahoma City, Joe Brammer, Hartmann Ranch, Hartmann City, Bentley Abernathy, Miss Amanda, Amanda Tutt Hartmann, Alliance of Christian Voters, Ann Montgomery, Sally Ann, Marshall County, Nurse Freda, Social Security, Temple of Praise, Toby Travis, Sonny Hartmann, Texas Panhandle, United States, Victory Hill, Buck Hartmann

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