Set in the vast, sparsely populated upper reaches of northern Minnesota in the middle of winter, The Surrogate follows Ruth, Hal, Cally, and her boyfriend through the ice and snow, from the city to the dark, frozen north country as they run away from, and ultimately towards, one other. When Ruth and Hal discover that she and their daughter are gone, a whole series of doubts and secrets are revealed, and it’s no longer clear what’s “right” and what’s “wrong.” But within a day of the baby’s birth, Cally has a change of heart – and engineers a harrowing escape from the hospital with the newborn. The arrangement seems perfect for everyone.Īll through the pregnancy, Ruth and Hal look forward to the new baby that will make their family complete. Their hope rests with Cally, a nineteen-year-old who wants to go to college-but doesn’t have the cash. But more than anything he wants Ruth to be happy-to become the mother she’s always wanted to be. A divorced attorney and the father of two teenage boys, Hal is open to having another child. Ruth is a no-nonsense fortysomething journalist from the Midwest desperate for a child with her new husband, Hal. November 2021 First Mystery Crime Club PickĪ probing novel about a newly married couple, the surrogate they hire to carry their baby, and the unexpected consequences of their decisions.
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