Mother Knows Best, Kira Peikoff
Mother Knows Best, Kira Peikoff
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Mother Knows Best
A Novel of Suspense

Author: Kira Peikoff

Narrator: Sophie Amoss, Marni Penning, Jennifer Jill Araya

Unabridged: 9 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/10/2019


Synopsis

A mother’s worst nightmare, a chance at redemption, and a deadly secret that haunts a family across the generationsThere’s only room for one mother in this family.Claire Abrams’s dreams became a nightmare when she passed on a genetic mutation that killed her little boy. Now she wants a second chance to be a mother, and finds it in Robert Nash, a maverick fertility doctor who works under the radar with Jillian Hendricks, a cunning young scientist bent on making her mark—and seducing her boss.Claire, Robert, and Jillian work together to create the world’s first baby with three genetic parents—an unprecedented feat that could eliminate inherited disease. But when word of their illegal experiment leaks to the wrong person, Robert escapes into hiding with the now-pregnant Claire, leaving Jillian to serve out a prison sentence that destroys her future.Ten years later, a spunky girl named Abigail begins to understand that all is not right with the reclusive man and woman she knows as her parents. But the family’s problems are only beginning. Jillian, hardened by a decade of jealousy and loss, has returned—and nothing will stop her from reuniting with the man and daughter who should have been hers. Past, present, and future converge in this mesmerizing psychological thriller from critically acclaimed author Kira Peikoff.

About Kira Peikoff

Kira Peikoff is the author of Living Proof, No Time to Die, and Die Again Tomorrow. She has a degree in journalism from New York University and a master’s in bioethics from Columbia. By day, she is the editor-in-chief of LeapsMag.com, a digital magazine about innovation and ethics in the life sciences. She has also contributed articles to the science section of the New York Times, Newsweek, Popular Mechanics, and others. Peikoff lives in New Jersey with her husband and young son.

About Sophie Amoss

Sophie Amoss, a New Orleans native, is a New York–based Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator, commercial, and video game voice actor.

About Marni Penning

Marni Penning is a classically trained, award-winning stage and film actress who has performed in fifty-four productions of twenty-three of Shakespeare's plays to date. On the small screen, you may have caught her appearances on Guiding Light, All My Children, Law & Order: SVU, Saturday Night Live, or The Sopranos. Marni has been a voice-over artist for many years and was a disc jockey in college; she studied voice-over for animation with the legendary Pat Fraley, so her specialty is character voices and complex accents. Marni got into narration through the Library of Congress Books for the Blind program, and has appeared in over 100 large-cast recordings for Graphic Audio. Her warm, rich, inviting voice adapts equally well to cozy mysteries, sci-fi thrillers, YA fantasy, and quirky romances. She lives just outside Washington, DC, with her husband, son, dog, fish, and chickens.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer

Okay 3.5 I’m really lost somebody help me, did I just read some book about a child may have 3 different genetic parents, a mother is also chased by her deceased son’s ghost in everywhere, well let’s round us up to FOUR GOD, I THINK MY CRACKS ARE GETTING BIGGER ON MY HEAD, I HOPE I LET ONLY SUNSHINE......more

Frankenbabies and Crazies! Mother Knows Best is a psychological thriller about a controversial scientific experiment that involves genetically modifying an embryo to eliminate genetic mutations by creating a three-parent baby. After burying her 8-year-old son who died of mitochondrial disease, Cl......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea

What an exciting, original psychological thriller! You all know I love a good science fiction, and this book truly felt as such, since the science aspect is so well developed and explored. While the ending does become a tad predictable, I don't feel like it took away from the overall enjoyment of th......more

Goodreads review by Susanne

3 Stars. A Three Parent Baby? Does that sound just plain Crazy or is it the Future? In “Mother Knows Best” I think you’ll find that perhaps it’s both! When Claire’s first son passes away from Mitochondrial Disease she is devastated, especially as she carried the gene and passed it on to him. Desperate......more


Quotes

“[A] fascinating psychological thriller…Peikoff expertly exposes the dark side of contemporary medical science.” Publishers Weekly

“Peikoff alternates the story between Abby and the events from years earlier while maintaining the suspense. She also can make complex scientific procedures comprehensible for even the nonscientist. Medical thriller fans of Michael Palmer and Robin Cook will want to check this out.” Library Journal

“Peikoff deftly juggles past and present and multiple voices in short, punchy chapters that create a sense of urgency while exploring grief, motherhood, the bonds of family, and the complicated implications of genetic modification with a sure hand. Readers should also expect a few nifty twists along the way. An engaging and timely thriller that offers lots of food for thought.” Kirkus Reviews

“The psychological thriller everyone will be talking about. Mother Knows Best is Kira Peikoff’s breakout novel…Don’t miss it!” Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author

“A smart, pulse-pounding, and achingly human story of a family in the crosshairs of where ethics and science converge. A totally satisfying read.” Andrew Gross, New York Times bestselling author