{"id":3980,"date":"2015-10-09T19:37:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T19:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3980"},"modified":"2015-10-09T19:37:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T19:37:44","slug":"pretty-baby-by-mary-kubica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3980","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3989\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3989\" style=\"width: 132px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.uhls.org\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1613792\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3989\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pretty-Baby-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pretty Baby\" width=\"132\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pretty-Baby-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pretty-Baby.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2191 Reserve a copy \u2191<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is a new author to me, and I really enjoyed her writing.\u00a0 This book is a great psychological thriller.\u00a0\u00a0You don&#8217;t have a clue what is going to happen or what happened until the author reveals more details as the\u00a0story unfolds\u00a0until the bitter end.\u00a0 The story is told from the three point of views of the main characters.\u00a0\u00a0Willow, Heidi, and Chris all tell their parts of the story, how they are feeling, what&#8217;s happening with them . I enjoy books written in this manner.<\/p>\n<p>Heidi is a kind-hearted woman who is always taking in strays, so when she spots Willow (a homeless teenager with a baby), she takes her into home\u00a0and offers her aid and kindness.\u00a0 \u00a0Heidi\u2019s\u00a0husband, Chris, and daughter, Zoe,\u00a0are not too impressed.\u00a0 Who is Willow?\u00a0\u00a0Has Heidi done the right thing?\u00a0 You wonder\u00a0as you learn about the past history of Willow and the baby. \u00a0 There are many underlying themes to the story as we learn the past of all the main characters.\u00a0\u00a0I didn&#8217;t anticipate some of the twists.\u00a0\u00a0If you enjoy\u00a0thrillers, this is definitely a good choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a new author to me, and I really enjoyed her writing.\u00a0 This book is a great psychological thriller.\u00a0\u00a0You don&#8217;t have a clue what is going to happen or what happened until the author reveals more details as the\u00a0story unfolds\u00a0until the bitter end.\u00a0 The story is told from the three point of views of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3980\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-joann"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}