He Gets That From Me, Jacqueline Friedland
He Gets That From Me, Jacqueline Friedland
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He Gets That From Me

Author: Jacqueline Friedland

Narrator: Devon Sorvari

Unabridged: 9 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/29/2022

Categories: Fiction, Family Life


Synopsis

As a young mother with a toddler and a live-in boyfriend, Maggie Fisher's job at a checkout counter in downtown Phoenix doesn't afford her much financial flexibility. She dreams of going to college and becoming a teacher, options she squandered when she fled her family home as a teenager. When Maggie stumbles onto an ad offering thousands of dollars to women who are willing to gestate other people's babies, she at first finds the concept laughable. Before long, however, she's been seduced by all the ways the extra money could improve her life. Once she decides to go for it, it's only a matter of months before she's chosen as a gestational carrier by Chip and Donovan Rigsdale, a married couple from New York.

After delivering twin babies and proudly handing them off to the Rigsdales, Maggie finally gets her life on a positive trajectory: she earns her degree, lands a great job, and builds a family of her own. She can't fathom why, ten years after the fact, the fertility clinic is calling to ask for a follow-up DNA test.

High-energy and immensely readable, He Gets That from Me explores what it really means to be part of a family.

About Jacqueline Friedland

Jacqueline Friedland holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and a JD from NYU Law School. She practiced as an attorney in New York before returning to school to receive her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in New York with her husband, four children, and two very bossy dogs. Trouble the Water is her first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on October 08, 2021

Maggie is the mother of a toddler. She works in retail and has dreams of being a teacher one day. Maggie reads an ad looking for surrogates offering her financial security and the ability to fulfill her dreams of attending college. Eventually, Maggie is chosen by Chip and Donovan to be their gestation......more

Goodreads review by Marieke on September 13, 2021

Imagine: a surrogate mom helping a gay couple. Imagine: two dads finally having kids. Imagine: finding out one of them isn’t yours. What do you do? And what do you do when you find out one of them IS yours? Hoe far are you prepared to go? Donovan and Chip desperately want to have kids and when Maggie,......more

Goodreads review by Kristy on September 29, 2021

Maggie is a young mom who dreams of going to college. But her current life--toiling at a grocery store while her boyfriend works as a chef--can't support her dreams. When she sees an ad about becoming a surrogate, and sees how much it could pay, Maggie wonders if this could solve all her problems. H......more

Goodreads review by Pam on August 10, 2021

Thank you to publisher and NetGalley for ARC. Put this on your September TBR. I don’t want to give the story away but this was a can’t put it down awesome read. Highly recommend. Loved this author’s last book and loved this one.......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on August 12, 2021

I'm in the minority on this one. I felt it started off strong, pulled me in fast and I was excited to read it. It initially felt like a Jodie Picoult type story; reading an emotional story line while learning about something new and interesting. Then it became predictable and overly dramatic. I expe......more