Dana y Hugh Clarke. una joven. exitosa y enamorada pareja. esperan su primer hijo. Sin embargo todo su mundo se desmorona cuando nace Lizzie. Es una niña sana y hermosa. pero no es tan blanca como ellos.Ante la sorpresa y la inquietud de Dana. todos clavan su mirada acusadora en ella. Hugh empieza a distanciarse y refugiarse en el trabajo. como si hubiera perdido la inalterable confianza que siempre ha marcado la relación entre ambos. Sus suegros y cuñado rechazan ver a la niña y aceptarla en la familia. Sus amigos ni siquiera se atreven a hacerle preguntas.Pero Dana quiere. necesita saber. Para descubrir la verdad. emprende un doloroso viaje por la historia de su familia y la de Hugh en el que desenterrará secretos guardados por la hipocresía y el miedo.

This book was very much like what I expect a soap opera to be. Many of the characters were 2-dimensional, there were numerous incredible coincidences, and each character strictly represented a particular viewpoint. I found the book almost humorous to read all of the experiences that happened in 2 weeks to the mother of a newborn. The book made a decent point regarding bigotry and prejudiced thinking, but I doubt this presentation made anyone really think about those important issues. ( )

Loved this. Compulsive read.

From Publishers Weekly
When Dana and Hugh Clarke's baby is born into their wealthy, white New England seaside community, the baby's unmistakably African-American features puzzle her thoroughly Anglo-looking parents. Hugh's family pedigree extends back to the Mayflower, and his historian father has made a career of tracing the esteemed Clarke family genealogy, which does not include African-Americans. Dana's mother died when Dana was a child, and Dana never knew her father: she matter-of-factly figures that baby Lizzie's features must hark back to her little-known past. Hugh, a lawyer who has always passionately defended his minority clients, finds his liberal beliefs don't run very deep and demands a paternity test to rule out the possibility of infidelity. By the time the Clarkes have uncovered the tangled roots of their family trees, more than one skeleton has been unearthed, and the couple's relationship—not to mention their family loyalty—has been severely tested. Delinsky (Looking for Peyton Place) smoothly challenges characters and readers alike to confront their hidden hypocrisies. Although the dialogue about race at times seems staged and rarely delves beyond a surface level, and although near-perfect Dana and her knitting circle are too idealized to be believable, Delinsky gets the political and personal dynamics right ( )

I liked how the author really dealt with the issues of race and how people react to babies of another color. It unfortunately was written as more a chick lit book remaining very light easy reading when it actually was dealing with how people of different lifestyles choose to think about others. ( )

Silly rather implausible book that I still devoured in less than 24 hours. A quick read, especially if you're willing to suspend disbelief for a bit... ( )