Angela Hunt is not known for her easy reads. She has written in several different genres and each time the books make you think about the subject matter she is writing about. Whether it is a historical story about the settling of America, Keepers of the Ring series, Biblical Fiction, the Shadow Women, or contemporary with a twist of super natural, Uncharted, she leaves you a bit unsettled afterwards.
Her newest book, the Offering, promises to do the same thing. Amanda has always wanted lots and lots of kids, but her and her husband just can’t afford any more. So she decides to gift a childless couple and agrees to be their gestational carrier, she loves being pregnant and sees it as a way to also do something for someone else.
Years later when she sees a picture of that child, she is sure she has given away her biological child. What is she to do? Is the child really hers? Does she try to claim the child? What is best for her? For the Child?
What interesting questions this book faces. Is surrogacy a good idea? Angela’s own story includes adoption and that makes this whole story much closer to her heart. I think that comes through in the writing of a very sensitive subject.
I don’t really want to recommend this book for a beach read as you may forget to put extra sunscreen on or to turn over once and while because you get so wrapped up in the story, but really vacation maybe the best place for the book so you can just focus on the storyline and forget the world for a while.
Happy Reading.
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