An âengrossing debutâ (Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me) novel about a couple whose baby dreams of adoption push them to do the unthinkable when their babyâs birth family steps into the picture.
How far would you go to save your family?
As soon as Gail and John Durbin bring home their adopted baby Maya, she becomes the glue that mends their fractured marriage.
But the Durbinâs social worker, Paige, canât find the teenage birth mother to sign the consent forms. By law, Carli has seventy-two hours to change her mind. Without her signature, the adoption will unravel.
Carli is desperate to pursue her dreams, so giving her baby a life with the Durbinsâ seems like the right choiceâuntil her own mother throws down an ultimatum. Soon Carli realizes how few choices she has.
As the hours tick by, Paige knows that the Durbinsâ marriage wonât survive the loss of Maya, but everyoneâs life is shattered when theyâand baby Mayaâdisappear without a trace.
Filled with heartrending turns, Other Peopleâs Children is a âheartbreakingly dark, suspenseful exploration of the boundaries two women push to have a childâ (Cara Wall, bestselling author of The Dearly Beloved) that youâll find impossible to put down.