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Saving Grace is a true account detailing the chilling case of a woman who orchestrated the kidnapping of a newborn and the murder of its biological mother in order to secure the child as her own. Narrated by the victim, the story exposes the motives, methods, and desperate outcomes of the crime, providing a stark look at the extreme lengths some individuals will go to when driven by maternal desire.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Crime Fiction/Criminal Underworld
Authors: Sarah Brady
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