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Deep in the Heart

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Deep in the Heart

In the rich tradition of John Irving's The Cider House Rules and Sue Miller's The Good Mother comes this provocative, emotionally charged debut novel -- an unforgettable story of love and conscience ... and the secrets kept deepest in the heart.

In a bustling Texas city, Hannah Solace and Penny Reed live in separate worlds. Thirty-nine-year-old Hannah works in a crowded public school and retreats to the false calm of her distant marriage. Penny, young and naïve, centers her life around a fledgling business and her church.

But both women are grappling with doubts -- about the men they love or don't, about their families and their pasts -- until a controversy erupts around them. For the first time in her life, Hannah is pregnant -- with a child only her husband wants to have.

At a local clinic on the edge of town, amid the chaos and the fury, both women will come face-to-face: This single stroke of fate will have profound reverberations, forcing each of them to reevaluate everything they have come to believe about love, motherhood, and family.

Deep in the Heart
by Sharon Oard Warner

  • Publication Date: January 9, 2001
  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Delta
  • ISBN-10: 0385320116
  • ISBN-13: 9780385320115