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The Surrogate
The Surrogate
Author: Judith Henry Wall
A powerful, fundamentalist Christian Texas family is painted villainous in this provocative but stringy book by Wall (The Girlfriends Club). Jamie Long, a 21-year-old college dropout left penniless following the death of the grandmother who raised her, falls into the clutches of Amanda Hartmann, a famous televangelist, and her politically connec...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780743258517
ISBN-10: 0743258517
Pages: 339
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4 stars, based on 31 ratings
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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emmer avatar reviewed The Surrogate on + 70 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I absolutely loved this book! A very compelling read. I started it yesterday evening and finished it today. Just couldn't put it down!
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Helpful Score: 1
A young women trying to get out of her debts agrees to be a surrogate for a famous family. They hide her on their ranch where she soon learns the scary truth.
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Helpful Score: 1
Great story. Very suspenseful, with a great ending. By the author of A Good Man and The Girlfriends Club.
RockStarGirl avatar reviewed The Surrogate on + 329 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A young girl in desperate need of money decides to become a surrogate. She enters into a top secret, strict contract with the country's most well-known and influential evangelist, and ends up being held hostage, her identity practically erased. When she learns the truth about the child she carries and the danger she is in, she has to escape and find a way to show the world the truth, before it's buried. This book felt very much like Rosemary's Baby at times. Reading group guide included.
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Helpful Score: 1
Excellent book that kept my attention. Ending was predictable, but decent.
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chronic avatar reviewed The Surrogate on + 23 more book reviews
Wow someone missed the class on showing vs telling (or maybe the class on where to start a story ... I dunno) cuz the whole first five or six pages was nothing but telling telling telling, backstory, backstory, backstory, info-dump hell.

It didn't help that this was the book club edition, and the font was extra small to fit the book club format. I gave up. Just coudln't be bothered. Maybe if it had been told better??
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Very good mystery.
DaniLynn avatar reviewed The Surrogate on + 28 more book reviews
This book is sort of John Grisham meets V.C. Andrews.
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Dip the likeable heroine into a bucket of problems, preferably not of her own making--great formula to keep me turning the pages. I did wonder how Judith Wall was going to wrap up all the details before the end of the book, but she managed, and in memorable fashion. Great read!!


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