{"product_id":"the-offering-9781439182055","title":"The Offering","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne innocent mistake... a lifetime of consequences.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Just 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439182055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013 pg. 61 - Very Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Retailing\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCBA Retailers\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Angela Hunt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44112761159861,"sku":"9781439182055","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e340ea00-81ec-4ab6-854d-b9b51be3675e.jpg?v=1715053589","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-offering-9781439182055","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}