Pretty Baby

by Mary Kubica

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Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML: A chance encounter sparks an unrelenting web of lies in this stunning new psychological thriller from national bestselling author Mary Kubica. Heidi Wood has always been a charitable woman: she works for a nonprofit and takes in stray cats. Still, her husband and daughter are horrified when Heidi returns home one day with a young woman named Willow and her four-month-old baby in tow. Disheveled and apparently homeless, this girl could be a criminal�or worse. But despite her family's objections, Heidi invites Willow and the baby to take refuge in their home. Heidi spends the next few days helping Willow get back on her feet, but as clues into Willow's past begin to surface, Heidi is forced to decide how far she's willing to go to help a stranger. What begins as an act of kindness quickly spirals into a story far more twisted than anyone could have anticipated. .… (more)

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Hanna helps homeless people in her work. When she sees a young girl and a baby in the rain beside the L train a couple days in a row, she decides to help them by bringing them home. The girl tells Hanna her name is Willow and that she’s 18-years old, though Hanna is certain she is younger (but it would be illegal to not turn her in if she is younger, so Hanna just sees what she wants to see). Hanna is married to Chris and has an 11-year old daughter, Zoe. Chris works at a well-paying financial job that has him travelling a lot… often with a beautiful woman, Cassidy, whom Hanna doesn’t trust.

The book is told from three points-of-view: Hanna’s, Willow’s and Chris’s. As the story goes on, we go back in time to hear Willow’s story, as well. It’s actually pretty slow-moving through most of the book, but there are some good twists at the end, at least one I never would have guessed. (

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DemFen | Oct 31, 2024 |

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BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

This is a good read. The mystery of where the girl on the train and the baby came from is tantalizing and slowly, artfully revealed. The interaction between them and the Chicago couple who take them in is unpredictable and intriguing. The characters are believable. The ending is satisfying.
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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Mary Kubica	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Kuusela, Virpi	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Marie, Jorjeana	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Pretty Baby

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Ogallala, Nebraska, USA

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For the ones I've lost

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The first time I see her, she is standing at the Fullerton Station, on the train platform, clutching an infant in her arms.

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Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:

A chance encounter sparks an unrelenting web of lies in this stunning new psychological thriller from national bestselling author Mary Kubica.

Heidi Wood has always been a charitable woman: she works for a nonprofit and takes in stray cats. Still, her husband and daughter are horrified when Heidi returns home one day with a young woman named Willow and her four-month-old baby in tow. Disheveled and apparently homeless, this girl could be a criminal�or worse. But despite her family's objections, Heidi invites Willow and the baby to take refuge in their home.

Heidi spends the next few days helping Willow get back on her feet, but as clues into Willow's past begin to surface, Heidi is forced to decide how far she's willing to go to help a stranger. What begins as an act of kindness quickly spirals into a story far more twisted than anyone could have anticipated.

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