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The Abortionist's Daughter

By Elisabeth Hyde

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Nineteen-year-old Megan Thompson is beautiful, cool, clever and sexy - and has consequently never been short of boyfriends. She has a love-hate relationship with her mother, Diana Duprey, an abortion doctor and, following the death of her younger brother, has mostly steered clear of family life. ThaContinue

Nineteen-year-old Megan Thompson is beautiful, cool, clever and sexy - and has consequently never been short of boyfriends. She has a love-hate relationship with her mother, Diana Duprey, an abortion doctor and, following the death of her younger brother, has mostly steered clear of family life. That is until the day her defense attorney father calls to tell her that Diana has been found dead in their pool. Young detective Huck Berlin is assigned to the case when the suspicious circumstances of Diana's death emerge. She's a national figure who, by virtue of her career, has made many enemies. Yet when relationships past and present are revealed, they prove to be far more key to understanding exactly what happened to Diana, than anyone has expected. Set in a small town in Colorado, THE ABORTIONIST'S DAUGHTER is a novel about people and their relationships. Raw emotion, basic need and, ultimately, fear lead to an extraordinary catharsis for those whose lives have become so strangely entwined. 'A remarkably lucid and authoritative novelist' John Irving 'Like Anne Tyler, Hyde captures the quirky, heartbreaking core of a character and puts it on the page with shining prose' Publishers Weekly

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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

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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 about the Hardcover edition | 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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  • ISBN-10: 0330472666
  • ISBN-13: 9780330472661
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • Pub date: Sep 04, 2008
  • Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and Audio CD
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