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Pretty Baby
Pretty Baby
Author: Mary Kubica
ISBN-13: 9780778318743
ISBN-10: 0778318745
Publication Date: 2/2/2016
Pages: 400
Edition: Reprint
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 32 ratings
Publisher: Mira
Book Type: Paperback
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4 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

junie avatar reviewed Pretty Baby on + 630 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I detested this dark, disturbing psychological drama along with the three main characters I couldn't relate to. The plot was so unbelievable, I'm surprised I kept reading.

Just Imagine a homeless teenage girl holding a screaming baby in the rain. The baby was soaked through to the diaper full of urine and diarrhea and the girl was oblivious to it. Do you really think no one would report this teen to Social Services? Especially since she stayed basically in the same area every day, a train station, sometimes under the bridge, begging for money?

There is enough distressful, alarming things happening in the world now, I don't have to subject myself to reading this garbage, which I must state, was poorly edited with some grammar and spelling mistakes
Tunerlady avatar reviewed Pretty Baby on + 581 more book reviews
This was a very well written, but subtle psychological thriller. At times it slowed too much and I found myself skimming, but then it very gradually grabs you as more and more facts are revealed about the main characters. By the end, the end, the reader is propelled into the wild ride! Will definitely read more this author!
MKSbooklady avatar reviewed Pretty Baby on + 991 more book reviews
Not a ringing endorsement of foster homes, to say the least. What happens when someone 'slips between the cracks' of society. And what happens to a woman who can not have children, a riveting read.
eadieburke avatar reviewed Pretty Baby on + 1639 more book reviews
She sees the teenage girl on the train platform, standing in the pouring rain, clutching an infant in her arms. She boards a train and is whisked away. But she can't get the girl out of her head.
Kubica's characters are well-drawn but are they really who we think they are? Who is the baby and who are the baby's parents? The answers are in the pages of this book. A psychological thriller, complex and gripping. Don't You Cry is my next Kubica read!