TY - BOOK AU - Hoffmann,R.J. TI - Other people's children: a novel SN - 9781982159092 PY - 2021/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Adoption KW - Fiction KW - Families KW - Infertility KW - Teenage mothers KW - Mothers KW - Chicago (Ill.) KW - Domestic fiction KW - lcgft N2 - "Gail and Jon Durbin moved to the Chicago suburbs to set up house as soon as Gail got pregnant. But then she miscarried - once, twice, three times. Determined to expand their family, the Durbins turn to adoption. When several adoptions fall through, Gail's desire for a child overwhelms her. Carli is a pregnant teenager from a blue-collar town nearby, with dreams of going to college and getting out of her mother's home. When she makes the gut-wrenching decision to give her baby up for adoption, she chooses the Durbins. But Carli's mother, Marla, has other plans for her grandbaby."--Publisher ER -