The Favor, Adele Griffin
The Favor, Adele Griffin
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The Favor
A Novel

Author: Adele Griffin

Narrator: Kristen Sieh

Unabridged: 9 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/13/2023


Synopsis

From National Book Award finalist Adele Griffin, an insightful and warmhearted story of two very different women who make an unexpected connection when one decides to carry a baby for the other.
At I'll Have Seconds, a high-end fairytale vintage dress shop in Manhattan, Nora Hammond loves nothing better than pairing a rare find with the perfect client.
At home, Nora grapples with the bleaker reality of enormous debt, a tiny apartment, and ever-dwindling hope that she and her husband Jacob will have a family of their own.
When socialite Evelyn Elliot charges into Nora's life, the women spark an immediate connection, and Nora is jettisoned into the heady whirl of New York's moneyed elite. As Evelyn's stylist and confidante, Nora needs to learn all new rules of engagement for the uber-wealthy. But it isn't until Evelyn decides her next cause is to carry a baby for Nora, that these rules― and this unlikely friendship―are tested.
A contemporary story that celebrates alternative routes to family, The Favor is an incisive examination of what it means to long for a child and what relationships cost us―and what they're worth.

About Adele Griffin

Adele Griffin is
a two-time National Book Award finalist and the highly acclaimed author of
numerous books for young adult and middle-grade readers. Her works include Sons
of Liberty and Where I Want to Be, as well as the popular Witch Twins and Vampire Island series. She lives
with her husband, their two children, and their dog in Brooklyn.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jayme on May 31, 2022

I LOVE discovering a debut from a promising new author! And, with “The Favor”- I have done just that! ❤️ Leah and McKenna have never met, though they are leading parallel lives. Both are intelligent, educated, accomplished women, who have SOMEHOW lost their sense of self worth after getting married. I......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on March 16, 2023

This book’s plot absolutely resembles Strangers on a train meets Girl on the train with additional domestic abuse and psychological thriller elements. And interestingly it doesn’t take place on a train! But Leah and McKenna were intelligent, strong, caring woman, so easy to resonate with! They were......more

Goodreads review by Holly on January 24, 2022

Stand, run, or hide. "It was like she was my friend, my ally." Leah and McKenna have a lot in common, but they are complete strangers. One of them has a grand idea, and becomes a little obsessed with following the other one. McKenna's neighborhood has streets named after fruit. She lives on Apple Blos......more