Catch Your Breath - Hardcover
Single mother Rosie Sloan must fight to retain custody of her two-year-old son, a chronic asthmatic, when a neighbor files a complaint claiming that she is an unfit mother, setting off a chain of false assumptions and accusations against her
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ng . . . Fast-paced action and finely tuned tension . . . A meaty domestic thriller."
--Kirkus Reviews
Rosie Sloan is scared to death. Her husband moved out, her two-year-old son has developed terrifying asthma, and now she is charged with child abuse--an accusation she believes no one can take seriously.
The more frantically Rosie attempts to prove she's a good mother, the more tightly she's trapped by a system that doesn't believe her. Either she's going crazy or someone intends to destroy her. Completely.
"[A] gripping thriller . . . ripped straight from today's headlines . . . Auerbach masterfully captures the many legal and medical nuances and proves adept at sustaining the suspense."
--Library Journal
"Auerbach brings her adult characters to vivid life in this tense tale." &
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--Kirkus Reviews
Rosie Sloan is scared to death. Her husband moved out, her two-year-old son has developed terrifying asthma, and now she is charged with child abuse--an accusation she believes no one can take seriously.
The more frantically Rosie attempts to prove she's a good mother, the more tightly she's trapped by a system that doesn't believe her. Either she's going crazy or someone intends to destroy her. Completely.
"[A] gripping thriller . . . ripped straight from today's headlines . . . Auerbach masterfully captures the many legal and medical nuances and proves adept at sustaining the suspense."
--Library Journal
"Auerbach brings her adult characters to vivid life in this tense tale." &
Jessica Auerbach is the author of Sleep, Baby, Sleep. She lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0786208570
- ISBN 13 9780786208579
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages574
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