The swallow's nest

Resource Information

The work The swallow's nest represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The swallow's nest

Statement of responsibility

Emilie Richards

Creator

• Richards, Emilie, 1948-

Author

• Richards, Emilie, 1948-

Subject

• Domestic fiction
• Domestic fiction
• Large type books
• Bloggers -- Fiction
• Mothers -- Fiction
• Lymphomas -- Patients -- Fiction
• Custody of children -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Domestic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

• Three women fight for the chance to raise the child they've all come to love. When Lilia Swallow's husband, Graham, goes into remission after a challenging year of treatment for lymphoma, the home and lifestyle blogger throws a party. Their best friends and colleagues attend to celebrate his recovery, but just as the party is in full swing, a new guest arrives. She presents Lilia with a beautiful baby boy, and vanishes. Toby is Graham's darkest secret--his son, conceived in a moment of despair. Lilia is utterly unprepared for the betrayal the baby represents, and perhaps less so for the love she begins to feel once her shock subsides. Now this unasked-for, precious gift becomes a life-changer for three women: Lilia, who takes him into her home and heart; Marina, who bore and abandoned him until circumstance and grief changed her mind; and Ellen, who sees in him a chance to correct the mistakes she made with her own son, Toby's father. A custody battle begins, and each would-be mother must examine her heart, confront her choices and weigh her dreams against the fate of one vulnerable little boy. Each woman will redefine family, belonging and love--and the results will alter the course not only of their lives, but also the lives of everyone they care for
• When Lilia Swallow's husband, Graham, goes into remission after a year of treatment for lymphoma, the home and lifestyle blogger throws a party. As the party is in full swing, a new guest arrives. She presents Lilia with a beautiful baby boy, and vanishes. Toby is Graham's darkest secret: his son, conceived in a moment of despair. The child becomes the focus of a custody battle for three women: Lilia, who takes him into her home and heart; Marina, who bore and abandoned him until circumstance and grief changed her mind; and Ellen, who sees in him a chance to correct the mistakes she made with her own son, Toby's father

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.6

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3568.I31526

LC item number

S93 2017

Literary form

fiction