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by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)

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Charles Monagan A boy. I found myself giving him the voice of Stewie in "Family Guy."
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... told from the perspective of a newborn baby ? Whose baby ?

Melissa Cacace Cardito Yes, the POV is the unborn baby boy. He's at once omniscient and completely naïve. The prose is unbelievably beautiful and the baby's insight is timel…moreYes, the POV is the unborn baby boy. He's at once omniscient and completely naïve. The prose is unbelievably beautiful and the baby's insight is timely and relevant and NAILS the state of the world.(less)

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What happened at the end of the book. Did the police come to arrest Claude and Trudy?

Janet Palmer

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If you are an adoptive family, know anyone who was adopted, have heard of adoption and consider yourself an intelligent person, please avoid pages 42 and 43 of this book. Quite insulting to adoptive families everywhere, to say the least?

Sarah Labude I am adopted and was not at all offended... it's a work of fiction, and a baby at that. …moreI am adopted and was not at all offended... it's a work of fiction, and a baby at that. (less)

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