The Wrong Child

by Patricia Kay

I'm convinced that somehow our two babies, yours and mine, were switched at the hospital... In this compelling family drama, USA Today bestselling author Patricia Kay explores a bond that is stronger... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 042517770X
• ISBN13: 9780425177709
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Berkley
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Read it in one setting

The Wrong Child Patricia Kay What would you do if you discovered that your child that you have been raising for 11 years was not yours at all? That the child you have been raising was switched at birth with another baby born around the same time by mistake ? This story is about two baby girls born in a small hospital in the middle of a blizzard. Due to the sudden death of the only nurse working the babies are switched. When one of the girls become sick the Dr then tells the mom there is no way possible this child can be yours. The Wrong Child is a compelling ,beautifully written ,stand alone story that touched my heart and caught my attention right from the start. The characters, including the children & pets, are all well developed . All of the scenes and places are so well done that it's not hard to imagine that you are right there. The only down side to the whole book was it came to a sudden end and there was poor editing. There was tons of words run together that should not have been. That was very annoying and very distracting. The plot though was full of suspense and kept me turning the pages. It was such an intriguing story that i read it in just one day .

Switched at Birth

Abbie Bernard loves her daughter Kendall and so when Kendall gets sick she wants to make her better. She takes her to the doctor and when the blood test comes back it turnes out that Kendall is not her biological daughter. When she gets the news she calls the newspaper in the town that Kendall was born in finds out the name of the other girl born the same night as Kendall and goes to visit Logan O'Connell Kendall's biological father and after several days tells him about the switch. After several months Logan comes up with a way for them to be with the daughter that they raised and their biological children. Kendall is thrilled when the news comes out that Abbie and Logan were married. Erin, Abbies biological daughter is less than thrilled and runs away when the news comes out that Abbie is actually her biological mother. Everything works out in the end though.

A Magnificent, Touching Read That Stirs The Heart!

11 years ago during a blizzard, two baby girls were born. And all these years, a terrible secret has lay undiscovered. But two families will be disrupted when the truth is finally revealed. Accidentally, the two baby girls were switched in the hospital the night they were born, each raised in a loving home with parents who didn't give birth to her.Abbie Bernard, tormented when she learns the shocking truth of her daughter Kendall's true parentage, tracks down Logan O'Connell, the widower father of the other baby girl from that night 11 years ago. Abbie's daughter by birth. Together, Abbie and Logan must not only face the shock that the child each has raised is not his or her own birth child, but they must find a way to face an uncertain future without losing the children they have come to know and love as their own.A magnificent, touching read that stirs the heart, "THE WRONG CHILD" sensitively addresses every parent's worst nightmare. "What if the child you've raised isn't your own? What if your own child was raised by a stranger? What if your child was switched at birth?" Ms. Kay has a winner in this wonderful story!

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY!!

I stayed up all night, then I called in sick at work to finish reading this book! What a riveting story. I couldn't put it down. Patricia Kay can really write--she had me in tears of sorrow, then tears of joy. The characters handled a gut-wrenching situation with intelligence, care and love with the best interest of their children in mind, and we can all learn from that. I can't wait now to read THE OTHER WOMAN. The one chapter at the end of THE WRONG CHILD, wasn't enough!! Thanks so much, Patricia Kay. WOW!

Loved this book

This book was very hard to put down. There is not much to say except that I loved this book. It does remind me of LaVyle Spencers books. It was so well written it had me in tears. I have never read anything by Patricia Kay and now I am looking foward to her next book.

Emotional, Gripping Story

Patricia Kay has been a favorite author of mine for years, and she just keeps getting better and better. The Wrong Child is an amazing story that will haunt you long after the final page has been turned. What would you do if you learned that you did not give birth to the child you've loved and adored as your own? What if you learned that a stranger has been raising your birth daughter all these years and to confront him, to discover the fate of your long-lost child, might also mean losing the child you thought was yours? Such is the decision the heroine in The Wrong Child must make, and the emotions her journey invokes are powerful and all-too human. I'm not a sentimental person, nor a particularly emotional one, but this book moved me to tears time and again. Five stars doesn't do it justice.