- Paperback: 356 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (1 April 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743258517
- ISBN-13: 978-0743258517
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.3 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,751,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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To a penniless twenty-year-old like Jamie Long, surrogate motherhood seemed both an act of altruism and a financial opportunity. But once pregnant and under contract to Amanda Hartmann, the head of a famous evangelical family, Jamie realizes that she's getting more than she bargained for. Whisked away to the vast, isolated family ranch, she's closely supervised and carefully cut off from the outside world. She learns the family's dark secrets -- and sees the enormity of their ruthlessness. When Jamie hears Amanda's plan to claim the baby as her natural-born child, she begins to suspect that her own life is in danger and resolves to flee. Alone with a tiny newborn, she calls on the one man in the world she can trust -- her high school crush, Joe Brammer. Their love unites them in a struggle to escape, and soon enough their flight becomes a fight for their lives. Brilliantly weaving some of today's most controversial social issues into a captivating page-turner, The Surrogate is Judith Henry Wall's greatest triumph to date.
About the Author
Judith Henry Wall is the author of several previous novels, including The Girlfriends Club, My Mother's Daughter, If Love Were All, Blood Sisters, and Love and Duty. She lives in Norman, Oklahoma.
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Format:Paperback
While the story is a good one -about a young girl which agrees to become a surrogate to a rich and powerful couple, only to discover things are not what they seem- throughout the book, the narration gets impossibly boring, describing absolutely everything this girl does, there are pages and pages and more pages of how she packed a sandwich, nappies, bottom tracks, tooth brush, knickers, baby vests, baby bibs, opened the drawer and looked inside and took a packet of pills, sanitary towels, then drove to the gate, there describing everything she sees, then she arrives at the gas station, stops, puts the car in park gear, gets out, straightens her skirt, then opens the gas tank, puts the nozzle in the tank and fills the car with gas, and so on and so forth.
It is insanely tedious!
Sorry!
But don't be put off by it, you will like it and wont put it down till you find out what happens!
It is insanely tedious!
Sorry!
But don't be put off by it, you will like it and wont put it down till you find out what happens!
Format:Paperback
Just finished reading this really fantastic book, I had to carry on even though it was 1am, and now I cant sleep for thinking about it! So I thought I would go downstairs and write a review whilst it was still fresh in my mind. The story would make a good film, it is absolutely riveting, about a young girl who becomes a surrogate then finds all is not what it should be,it is abook of courage and love and the struggle to survive when all is against you, a powerful read, I cant praise it enough, if you want a good book this is the one to get, you will not want to part with it, believe me!
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Very entertaining...
17 July 2006
Format:Paperback
There were times when this book read like a script for Lifetime Television for Women movie. A couple of over-the-top characters and some far-fetched plot devices caused me to roll my eyes more than a few times.
Having said that I must admit, I was totally suckered into this story. There were times I couldn't put this book down. The author does a great job drawing the reader into the story. I couldn't wait to find out what happened next. Some readers will most likely not care for this, as the Christians in this book are not portrayed in a good light. However, it's still a very entertaining book, great for a summer beach read. Enjoy!
Having said that I must admit, I was totally suckered into this story. There were times I couldn't put this book down. The author does a great job drawing the reader into the story. I couldn't wait to find out what happened next. Some readers will most likely not care for this, as the Christians in this book are not portrayed in a good light. However, it's still a very entertaining book, great for a summer beach read. Enjoy!
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
good but could have been much better...
7 Mar 2007
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I am writing this review moments after finishing this book. THE SURROGATE was a very interesting novel and kept me guessing throughout, which is the type of book I find very entertaining. The problems I had though are with the author's insistant use of profanity and sexual scenes. The profanity was way to graphic and completly useless. It seemed as though she through them in for shock value which did nothing to help the story. Especially the scene where the lawyer described sex with his wife. What did that accomplish in moving the story forward?! Absolutely positively NOTHING! Also, the sexual scenes between Jamie and Joe weren't needed either. The author successfully painted a picture of a couple very much in love but the sex scenes just made it sound tawdry and immature. "His [...] was amazing". Stupid wording. Let their love have meaning. Let it mean more and leave a lot more to the reader's imagination. We will thank you for it later.
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21 Jan 2010
To a penniless twenty-year-old like Jamie Long, surrogate motherhood seemed both an act of altruism and a financial opportunity. But once pregnant and under contract to Amanda Hartmann, the head of a famous evangelical family, Jamie realizes that she's getting more than she bargained for. Whisked away to the vast, isolated family ranch, she's closely supervised and carefully cut off from the outside world. She learns the family's dark secrets -- and sees the enormity of their ruthlessness. When Jamie hears Amanda's plan to claim the baby as her natural-born child, she begins to suspect that her own life is in danger and resolves to flee.
Alone with a tiny newborn, she calls on the one man in the world she can trust -- her high school crush, Joe Brammer. Their love unites them in a struggle to escape, and soon enough their flight becomes a fight for their lives.
Brilliantly weaving some of today's most controversial social issues into a captivating page-turner, The Surrogate is Judith Henry Wall's greatest triumph to date.
Alone with a tiny newborn, she calls on the one man in the world she can trust -- her high school crush, Joe Brammer. Their love unites them in a struggle to escape, and soon enough their flight becomes a fight for their lives.
Brilliantly weaving some of today's most controversial social issues into a captivating page-turner, The Surrogate is Judith Henry Wall's greatest triumph to date.
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