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White Male Infant

White Male Infant
by Barbara D'Amato
Hardcover: Jun 2002,
336 pages.
Paperback: Jul 2003,
336 pages.

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Surgical pathologist Dooley McSweeny and his wife dearly love the son they adopted from Russia four years ago. But when medical tests indicate that their little boy could not possibly have come from Russia, the couple is plunged into the dark, complex, and emotionally fraught world of international adoption. Who is their son? Where did he come from? How did he come to them? The answers to these questions threaten to destroy their marriage, their happiness - and their lives - as they explode a powder keg of political intrigue.

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  Chicago Sun-Times
A muckraking thriller that from beginning to end will keep readers gasping with wonder and outrage.

  Kirkus Reviews
Like a contemporary Anne Perry, D'Amato looses the dogs of suspense against an all-too-plausible scenario of epidemic social injustice. The heart-rending, page-turning result is irresistible.

  Booklist - Connie Fletcher
The separate strands of this complex but riveting story start coming together when the couple find evidence suggesting their son was not orphaned but kidnapped at the same time the CNN reporter discovers her cameraman brutally slain in their Russian hotel. Another D'Amato stunner.

  Publishers Weekly
This versatile author has always had the ability to raise goose bumps but in this stand-alone thriller she makes our spines absolutely tingle.

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Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by BookBrowse.com
This credible and fast moving plot will fill all but the most hardened of readers with a sense of righteous indignation and suspense that will keep them turning the pages long after bedtime. Read an exclusive excerpt of Chapter One and Two by...   Read More

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