TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mallery,Susan
TI  - Otherwise engaged
SN  - 9780778387268
AV  - PS3613.A453 O58 2025
U1  - 813/.6 23/eng/20251017
PY  - 2025///]
CY  - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PB  - MIRA
KW  - Betrothal
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Adopted children
KW  - Adoptees
KW  - Parent and adult child
KW  - Mothers and daughters
KW  - Identity (Psychology
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - lcgft
N2  - "When Shannon gets engaged, her mom Cindy is the first person she wants to tell--and the last. Cindy's engaged, too, and has hinted at a double wedding. Victoria has never been enough for her mother Ava, so she stopped trying. Chance brings the four women together, where a shocking secret comes out. Twenty-four years ago, desperate teenager Cindy chose wealthy Ava to adopt her baby--then changed her mind at the last second. The loss rocked Ava's world, leaving her unable to open her heart to the daughter she did adopt, Victoria"--
ER  -