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Synopsis: It all begins with a fantasy: the caseworker in her "signing paperwork" charcoal suit standing alongside beaming parents cradling their adopted newborn, set against a fluorescent-lit delivery-room backdrop. It's this blissful picture that keeps Chloe Pinter, director of the Chosen Child's domestic-adoption program, happy while juggling the high demands of her boss and the incessant needs of both adoptive and biological parents.
But the very job that offers her refuge from her turbulent personal life and Portland's winter rains soon becomes a battleground involving three very different couples: the Novas, well-off college sweethearts who suffered fertility problems but are now expecting their own baby; the McAdoos, a wealthy husband and desperate wife for whom adoption is a last chance; and Jason and Penny, an impoverished couple who have nothing—except the baby everyone wants. When a child goes missing, dreams dissolve into nightmares, and everyone is forced to examine what he or she really wants and where it all went wrong.
Told from alternating points of view, Chosen reveals the desperate nature of desire across social backgrounds and how far people will go to get the one thing they think will be the answer.
About the Author: Since graduating from Cornell University, Chandra Hoffman has been an orphanage relief worker in Romania, a horse trainer in the Caribbean, a short-order cook in a third-world hospital, the director of a US adoption program, and an event planner for Philadelphia's Main Line elite.
Her debut novel, Chosen, uses the domestic adoption scene of Portland, Oregon as a backdrop to pose the questions: What happens when you get what you thought you wanted? and How far would you go if it might not be what you want anymore?
Chandra received her MFA from Antioch University in 2007. She has lived in eleven international cities and is now settled back in her hometown outside of Philadelphia with her husband, three young children, and an ever-changing menagerie. She is at work on her second novel.
Review: This is one of those books that based on your background how you will approach it and feel about it. As a strong proponent of adoption, having gone thru years of infertility testing and treatments, it struck very close to home and brought back alot of memories. Hoffman handles delicate subject matter very well and keeps the narrative flowing. had I been able to without time constraints, I probably would have read it in one sitting! Even if the subject matter is not personal to you, the book is a great read and I highly recommend it for understanding the grey area of getting what you want in ways you might not have expected to!
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