Hot Springs (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780982053942)

Vibrant, sexy, and quite possibly crazy, Bernice is determined to reclaim the child she gave up for adoption five years ago. She convinces her boyfriend, Landis, to help carry out her plan, but once the abduction is accomplished, Bernice--whose own mother was given to manic episodes and strange behavior--is plagued with doubts. Will Landis stay with her, given her volatile personality and his own drifter past? Will she and Landis both end up in jail for this crime? And, perhaps most importantly, will she fail at being a mother? Dovetailed with this is the story of the conservative Christian adoptive parents, Tessa and David, and the effect the kidnapping has on their troubled marriage. As Bernice and Landis journey across America, from Colorado Springs to Tucson to Baltimore, Bernice must confront her past and the secrets she has kept.

Author: Geoffrey Becker
ISBN-10: 0982053940
ISBN-13: 9780982053942
Publisher: Tin House Books
Language: English
Published: 02/16/2010
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.24h x 5.34w x 0.95d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/16/2009 pg. 34
New York Times Book Review 02/14/2010 pg. 18
New York Times Book Review 02/21/2010 pg. 18
Foreword 12/17/2009