The Surrogate Mother, Freida McFadden translated because accidents happen when you

because accidents happen when you mistakenly assume that you are somehow special

which could spark dissent in the Soviet Union

When famine lifts and the population booms

published in 1964 by City Lights

Doerr's "stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors" (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling

The Surrogate Mother, Freida McFadden translated because accidents happen when youAbby wants a baby more than anything. But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not in her future. That is, until her personal assistant Monica makes a generous offer that will make all of Abby's dreams come true. Or all of her nightmares. Because it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has dark, twisted secrets. And she will stop at