The Abortionist's Daughter
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (528 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1598870440 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 313 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Diana Duprey—abortion clinic director, wife of local Colorado DA Frank Thompson and mother of 19-year-old college freshman Megan—has plenty of enemies, so when her body is found floating in the exercise pool of her garden tour–featured house, the list of suspects is long. 150,000 announced first printing.(June 23)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Meanwhile, Megan finds herself attracted to Huck Berlin, the policeman assigned to the case, and Huck finds Meg
The investigation of the case unleashes a flood of secrets in Duprey’s small Colorado town, whose residents must face haunting questions—and the accusations of their own consciences.. A medical doctor with an abortion practice, and a national figure who inspired passion and ignited tempers, she had been the target of violent threats by right-to-life activists. The Reverend Stephen O’Connell, founder of the town’s outspoken Lifeblood Coalition, had reasons of his own to want Diana’s practice shut down, including her involvement with his troubled teenager. Diana’s daughter, Megan, also quarreled with her on the day of her death. Her husband, Frank Thomson, a lawyer in the district attorney’s office, fought bitterly with her on the morning of her murder. Diana Duprey is found floating face-up in a small lap pool in her back yard. To reveal the nature of their argument would cost him his car
"Compelling but ultimately distancing novel" according to Chick with Book. The title of THE ABORTIONIST'S DAUGHTER suggests that the novel will center on Megan, a Colorado college student who comes from a local prominent family. Not only does her mother run the local abortion clinic, but her father is on the DA's staff. But for all their upper middle class affluence (they even have a lap pool with a motor-generated current against which to swim), the family is touched by tragedy. Megan's younger brother Ben, born with Down's Syndrome, . A thoroughly engrossing novel on topics ranging from family relations to parent-child relations to love affairs to true crime At its core, The Abortionist's Daughter is a mystery novel, but I wouldn't dare cheapen it by assigning a genre label. This is modern literary fiction at its best, with reflections on a marriage between two high-profile professionals, on the trials of raising a special needs child, on raising a teenaged daughter, and, of course, on the ethics of abortion.The plot centers on the bludgeoning death of famed abortion doctor Diane Duprey. An outspoken activist, Dupre. Ladyslott said Provocative title, so-so story. The Abortionist's Daughter is Megan Duprey, a 19 year old college student; Megan's mother is Diane Duprey a well known abortion doctor in their Colorado town. One evening Megan gets a phone call from her father Frank who is the local DA. Diana has been found dead in her swimming pool at home. When it becomes clear that Diana has been murdered the suspect list is long: fanatical anti-abortionists; Megan herself, who quarreled with her mother that fatal morning; F