{"id":10161,"date":"2011-02-02T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=10161"},"modified":"2011-01-28T15:08:15","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T21:08:15","slug":"mothers-other-liars-by-amy-bourret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/mothers-other-liars-by-amy-bourret\/","title":{"rendered":"Mothers &#038; Other Liars by Amy Bourret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2267942 \" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10326 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mothers-and-other-liars.jpg?resize=173%2C258&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the title doesn&#8217;t grab you, the story will.\u00a0 In a style similar to Jodi Picoult&#8217;s, author Amy Bourret\u00a0takes a controversial subject and somehow manages to sympathetically portray both sides of the issue in <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2267942 \" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Mothers and Other Liars<\/em><\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ruby was only 19 when she discovered an abandoned infant in a trash can at an Oklahoma\u00a0rest stop.\u00a0 She raises the baby girl as her own. After nine years they\u00a0have settled into a comfortable and happy life in Sante Fe, New Mexico,\u00a0with a &#8220;family&#8221;\u00a0of very supportive friends.\u00a0 \u00a0Then one day she happens to read a magazine article about a baby who was\u00a0unintentionally kidnapped by car-jackers.\u00a0\u00a0Ruby realizes that life as she knows it is over.\u00a0 Will she choose to move to Mexico and live a life on the run? Or\u00a0will she present herself to the authorities and suffer the consequences?\u00a0 Her choice is further\u00a0complicated by that fact that\u00a0she\u00a0is pregnant by her boyfriend of 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>As a Yale Law School graduate who practiced included child advocacy law, author Bourret brings real-life experience to the tale.\u00a0 The courtroom scenes seem particularly dramatic.\u00a0 However, the real kicker comes at the end of the story.\u00a0 Sorry &#8212; but you&#8217;ll need to read it to find out what happens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the title doesn&#8217;t grab you, the story will.\u00a0 In a style similar to Jodi Picoult&#8217;s, author Amy Bourret\u00a0takes a controversial subject and somehow manages to sympathetically portray both sides of the issue in Mothers and Other Liars. 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