{"product_id":"9781439182055","title":"The Offering: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne innocent mistake… a lifetime of consequences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne innocent mistake . . . a lifetime of consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter growing up an only child, Amanda Lisandra wants a big family. But since she and her soldier husband can’t afford to have more children right away, Mandy decides to earn money as a gestational carrier for a childless couple. She loves being pregnant, and while carrying the child, she dreams of having her own son and maybe another daughter. . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust when the nearly perfect pregnancy is about to conclude, unexpected tragedy enters Mandy’s world and leaves her reeling. Devastated by grief, she surrenders the child she was carrying and struggles to regain her emotional equilibrium. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo years later she studies a photograph of the baby she bore and wonders if the unthinkable has happened—could she have inadvertently given away her own biological child? Over the next few months Mandy struggles to decide between the desires of her grief-stricken heart and what’s best for the little boy she has never known.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Howard Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015036551408,"sku":"9781439182055","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439182055_p0.jpg?v=1763758180","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439182055","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}