Family Album

by Patricia Kay

Book Overview

Hannah Ferris thinks she must be the luckiest woman in Los Angeles-until a young man unexpectedly walks into her life and threatens to expose the secret she has kept hidden from her family for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425186326
• ISBN13: 9780425186329
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Berkley
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Good story but...

Family Album is the story of Hannah Farris who leads the perfect California life. Wealthy, adoring husband, perfect daughter. But one thing haunts her. Twenty years ago, on her very birthday, she gave birth to a baby boy and gave him up for adoption. She has never told her husband and daughter that she had a baby before moving to California. However, she is about to face the past. And his name is David.The basis of the book was very good. The story was one I was very interested in reading. I just couldn't seem to get completely interested in this book. It seemed to be too choppy and not flow from one scene to the next. The characters didn't seem to be fully developed either. Hannah and Simon are supposed to have the perfect marriage but on paper it just doesn't come across that way. They seem more like strangers than husband and wife. The best interaction between characters is Jenny and her Grandmother Ferris. Aunt Marcy also seems to be a likable and genuine character. The story of Hannah and Mark was wonderful to read.I wanted to like this book so much. I wanted it to be a page turner that I just couldn't put down. I was quite disappointed that this book fell short of my expectations. Half the book is setting up the meeting between Hannah and her son. And then at the end the book just ends abruptly. It's as if the author ran out of words. I was left wanting more closure when I finished this book. This was my first Kay book and sorry I just wasn't impressed.

Wonderful reading!

Patricia Kay knows how to touch your heart, her stories are so full of real feelings. This is the story of Hannah Ferris and how at seventeen she had to give up her beautiful baby boy at birth. Through the years she always wondered about him and you can feel her pain. Twenty years later her world is turned upside down and the secrets that she has kept to herself all those yearshave come out. This is a touching story and I enjoyed it very much, I can't wait for Patricia Kay's next book!!

Secrets and Love

The comparison to LaVyrle Spencer is valid. Secrets and family relationships are the heart of this story.Hannah is living a privileged life. She is wealthy, is adored by her husband and has a wonderful relationship with her teenage daughter. But she also has a big secret. On her 17th birthday, she gave birth to a baby boy. She only held him once before she had to give him up.And now 20 years later, her world is going to come crashing down around her when her son shows up at her door.....The people draw you in and you keep reading hoping for a happy ending.An author to watch for.

Wow!

At the age of seventeen, Hannah gives birth to an illegitimate son on her birthday. Because of her age and unwed status, she gives up her son, hoping that he will find the happy home she never really knew.Twenty years pass, and Hannah has achieved a wonderful life with a loving husband and a daughter of whom she is proud and loves dearly. Yet all of this might be shasttered when a young man enters their lives. At first, David Conway comes asking for a job, then he saves Jenny, Hannah's daughter, from drowning, and Simon, her husband gives him an even better job. .However, when Hannah gets a close look at David, she knows the truth, her son has come looking for her.When she faces David, Hannah tells him her heartbreaking story and who his father is. Though he seems to understand what happened and much of the boy's resentment fades after hearing her side, he still disappears shortlly thereafter. Determined to not fail her oldest child again, Hannah goes in search of David, risking her family, and forced once more to face her past and her first love. Heart rending and touching, this novel touches your soul,. Seeing the story from both sides, you feel the sorrow of each character and the hurt one moment can cause. The cast is easy to relate to and understand, each member being realistic as they try to handle what can at best be described as an awkward, difficult situation. Ms Kay never fails to deliever this kind of story, and through seeing the scars of the characters, perhaps the reader will find healing for their own. ***** Reviewed by Amanda Killgore.

insightful drama

In 1979 Tampa, Hannah gives birth to a boy on her birthday. However, the unwed teen has no way of keeping the child as her parents and boyfriend have rejected her and her newborn infant. With no choice, she reluctantly gives up "Nicholas" for adoption though she already loves her baby.In 1999, in exclusive Bel Air, David Conway has spied on Hannah Ferris, the woman's husband, and their teenage daughter. David hates Hannah who gave him up for adoption twenty years ago in Florida because while she has lived the good life while he has been a foster child reject. When David finally confronts her, Hannah's world topples as her spouse and daughter are stunned by the secret she failed to tell them as both felt their relationships were built on honesty.FAMILY AFFAIR is an insightful drama in which Patricia Kay emphasizes the importance of keeping no major secrets in any relationship that has meaning to the parties involved. Hannah learns that trust is built on openness and honesty. Though the Ferris family is too perfect before the crisis hits, fans will enjoy the plot as a pain-filled David destroys Hannah's false sense of loving security, which leads to her giving up or mending broken hearts and fences.Harriet Klausner