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Jess O'Fines is thirty–plus, growing up in a dysfunctional family that often leaves her isolated in a hotel room with her baby niece, Ruby. While her family heads off for a wedding rehearsal party, Jess, already resentful for being left alone, discovers Ruby has disappeared. Believing she knows who took the infant, she resolves to track her down on her own, confronting danger in her quest to reunite with her niece.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Susan Shreve
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