Chosen, Chandra Hoffman
Chosen, Chandra Hoffman
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Chosen

Author: Chandra Hoffman

Narrator: Susan Bennett

Unabridged: 10 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/15/2010

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

With Chosen, debut novelist Chandra Hoffman has earned immediate comparisons to Jodi Picoult and Anna Quindlen. This riveting tale features a young caseworker embroiled in the aftermath of an extortion attempt between adoptive and birth parents. Suspenseful and adroitly colored with the many shades of the human condition, this is a novel readers will not soon forget. "Gripping . a heartfelt story well told."-Kirkus Reviews

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jenee

As someone who has both struggled with fertility, and adopted I should have been the prime audience for this book. Unfortunately by the time I got past the first 1/3 of the book I just simply didn't have my heart into it. The characters are SOOOO unlikeable. I didn't like, or sympathize with any of......more

Chosen was one of those stories that gets under your skin. Having dealt with my share of infertility problems, not only personally but within my own family, it was heartbreaking to read of the struggles of both the adoptive parents and birth mothers in this story. Both Heather and Penny, birth mothe......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa

Spoilers. This book is a feminist's worst nightmare. Throughout the entire book, the main character struggles with her hippie, bum of a boyfriend who doesn't seem to give a damn about her, but she is very passionate about her job because it creates families and gives babies loving homes. Of course,......more

In Portland, Oregon, the (fictional) Chosen Child adoption agency operates with a specific mission in mind: families can be created. To the social workers who work there, including Chloe Pinter who directs the domestic adoption program, the mission is one that almost supersedes everything else in th......more