The offering
Subtitle: a novel
By: Angela Hunt
Edition: First Howard Books trade paperback edition.
Publisher: Howard Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781439182055
Subjects: Birthmothers; FICTION / Contemporary Women; FICTION / Christian / Romance; Family relationships; Adopted children; FICTION / Christian / General; Fiction
Description: "From bestselling author Angela Hunt, the heart-wrenching story of a young mother who unknowingly gave away her own child after serving as a surrogate for a childless couple. Amanda Hocking is a typical young wife and mother struggling to make ends meet. She decides to help a childless family by becoming their gestational surrogate, hoping to achieve some financial stability of her own. After a few false starts, Amanda finally gets pregnant with another couple's embryo, but just as she is entering her final month of pregnancy, her soldier husband is killed. Devastated, Amanda goes through the motions trying to regain her equilibrium and raise her daughter alone.  Three years later, Amanda finally sees a photograph of the child she carried for  the other family. He looks remarkably familiar; is it possible she gave birth to her own biological baby and unknowingly gave him away? When a DNA test confirms her mistake, Amanda must choose between the desires of her grieving heart and what is best for the child she has never truly known"--
Notes: Includes discussion questions and an author Q & A.

Includes bibliographical references (page 307-308).