false<![CDATA[The Baby Merchant]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173879551m/339048.jpg3390482The baby business is booming. Billions of dollars are spent each year on strollers, cribs, and clothing, not to mention assisted reproduction and adoption. With fertility rates dropping precipitously in the US and babies becoming ever more valuable as a combination of status symbol and perfect accessory, there's clearly a developing market for someone like Tom Starbird. Tom is The Baby Merchant--though he’d never think of himself in such terms. In his mind, Tom creates perfect families by matching famous couples with prime--but neglected--newborns. Tom’s a master of surveillance and secret “pickups”. His small staff is extremely well-paid, especially the doctor who implants the government-required tracking chip into each infant’s developing skull. <P>Sasha Egan is a talented artist feeling trapped by an accidental pregnancy. Determined to place her child with a loving family, Sasha is jolted by the arrival, at her chosen home for unwed mothers, of the unborn baby’s father. Behind Gary's insincere protestations of love, Sasha detects the hand of her powerful, wealthy grandmother. Nearly nine months pregnant, Sasha disappears, going to ground at a seedy motel.<P>Jake Zorn is a crusading TV journalist who has broken some of the biggest scandals of the day. His life is perfect--except that he and his rainmaker attorney wife, Maury, cannot have children. They’ve tried everything; repeated miscarriages drove Maury to a terrible act that makes adoption agencies turn them away. <P>Tom Starbird is Jake's last chance, but it’s too late--Tom wants out of the baby business. Jake Zorn knows more than a few hard truths about Tom Starbird, and he’s not afraid to expose them to the nation.<P>Desperate to find a baby for the Zorns, Tom Starbird settles on Sasha Egan as the perfect supplier. <P>Soon Sasha’s baby will be born. And many lives will be forever altered.24597512006The Baby Merchanttotal:39|5:5|4:10|3:11|2:11|1:2|39122671033falsefalseMon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Mon Jun 01 20:50:08 -0700 2009Mon Jun 01 21:01:30 -0700 2009
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Kit Reed, author of Thinner Than Thou and other novels, has written an SF satire and psychological thriller that provokes larger questions about money, status, happiness, parenting, and even technology (newborns receive microchips in their heads). Instead of idealizing the parent-child relationship...more...]]>
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