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The Abortionist's Daughter

By Elisabeth Hyde, Hyde

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| Hardcover | 9780307263667

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Elisabeth Hyde has taken a powerful moral predicament and constructed around it a richly layered, compulsively readable novel about a murder in a small Colorado town, about the choices we make and the way their unintended consequences ripple through our lives.

Two weeks before Christmas, Continue

Elisabeth Hyde has taken a powerful moral predicament and constructed around it a richly layered, compulsively readable novel about a murder in a small Colorado town, about the choices we make and the way their unintended consequences ripple through our lives.

Two weeks before Christmas, Diana Duprey, an outspoken abortion doctor, is found floating in her pool, a bruise the size of a golf ball visible through her dark curls. A national figure, Diana inspired passion and ignited tempers, never more so than on the day of her death.

Her husband, Frank, an attorney in the D.A.’s office for more than twenty years, had fought bitterly with her on the day of her murder. Yet to reveal the nature of their fight would cost him not only his career but something greater still—a relationship he will go to any lengths to protect. Diana’s daughter, Megan, a college freshman, had also quarreled with Diana that day, and her role in her mother’s murder will prove more significant than she ever could have anticipated. The Reverend Stephen O’Connell, founder of the town’s pro-life coalition, obviously had issues with Diana, but his anger extended beyond the political to the personal—namely, Dr. Duprey’s involvement with his own troubled teenager. Meanwhile, the detective on the case grapples to make sense of it all. His investigation implicates many in this town and reveals a series of gross miscalculations, each one challenging what we know, or think we know, about community, fidelity, justice, and love.

A riveting and provocative page-turner: a novel of stunning economy and momentum by a writer poised for wide discovery.

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  • THE ABORTIONIST'S DAUGHTER

    With a title like THE ABORTIONIST'S DAUGHTER, Elisabeth Hyde's latest novel is bound to touch upon the controversial. In fact, Hyde is no stranger to tackling heavy subjects. In her last book, the crossover CRAZY AS CHOCOLATE, she wrote about the sui ... (read full critics)

    teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

  • THE ABORTIONIST'S DAUGHTER

    With a title like THE ABORTIONIST'S DAUGHTER, Elisabeth Hyde's latest novel is bound to touch upon the controversial. In fact, Hyde is no stranger to tackling heavy subjects. In her last book, the crossover CRAZY AS CHOCOLATE, she wrote about the sui ... (read full critics)

    teenreads published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

4 Reviews

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  • mixture between a psychological profile of the abortionist`s daughter and the investigation of the murder of her mother.. in the end, though, neither part was done really well. an easy read and quite entertaining, but nothing that grips you.

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    Sempre Cindy said on Aug 12, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • From the title I had expected this to be rather more controversial. In fact it turned out to be a fairly ordinary murder mystery. A pleasant enough read but I feel only so successful in the UK due to the fact it was promoted by Richard and Judy's Bookclub.

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    Lindyloumac said on Nov 2, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • I didn't abandon this book by choice. I chekced out a play-a-way media player from the library and it just stopped working half way through.

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    Angie said on Dec 8, 2007 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

  • quite appealing at the beginning, but the plot became very loose at the later half. especially disappointed with the ending.

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    siukei said on Jun 14, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 304 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0307263665
  • ISBN-13: 9780307263667
  • Publisher: Knopf
  • Pub date: Jun 20, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1097 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD and eBook
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