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The Baby Merchant

by Kit Reed

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Original publication
2006
Selected edition
hardcover
Pages in this edition
336
English editions
2 ↗
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May 30, 2006 · Tor Books · eng

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"Among careerists who postpone parenthood, fertility problems abound. Adoptions have always been difficult and now America's borders have been closed by the Centers for Disease Control. Babies are high end commodities in this economy, microchipped at birth to protect them from theft. Tom Starbird rescues "unwanted" babies--but he's tired of meeting wealthy would-be parents' demands for "perfect" children. Tom is shutting up shop when Jake Zorn, the Television Conscience of Boston, blackmails him into doing one more job. Desperate to find one last perfect baby, Tom finds the lovely and very pregnant Sasha Egan. Stalked by her unborn child's father, on the run--Tom guesses she will be glad to be rid of her burden. Neither he nor Sasha could predict that the baby she never wanted is the one thing in her life she will do anything to keep."--Publisher's website.

Pregnant and relegated to a home for unwed mothers on a world where healthy babies are rare commodities, Sasha Egan crosses paths with a famous journalist whose mentally unstable, barren wife has demanded that he obtain a baby for her.

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The Baby MerchantSelectedMay 30, 2006hardcover336Open Library ↗
The Baby MerchantSeptember 4, 2007paperback336Open Library ↗
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/tags/OL179TUnmarried mothersAdoptionPregnant womenAdoptive parentsCorrupt practicesFictionFiction, science fiction, general