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Catherine Sanderson seems to have it all: a fulfilling career helping immigrant women find jobs, a lovely home, and a beautiful, intelligent daughter on her way to Smith College. What Catherine doesn't have: a father for her child-- and she's spent many years dodging her daughter's questions about it. Now Phoebe is old enough to start poking around on her own. It doesn't help matters that the mystery man, B.J. Johnson--the only man Catherine has ever loved--doesn't even know about Phoebe. He's been living in Africa.Now B.J., a renowned newspaper correspondent, is back in town and needs…
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5 editions- Paperback · English · 2006One World/Ballantine · 336 pages · 9780345456106
- Audiobook · English · 2005The Audio Partners · 9781572704657
- Ebook · English · 2005Random House Publishing Group · 9780345482167
- Other · English · 2005Thorndike Press · 471 pages · 9780786271993
- Other · English · 2005One World/Ballantine Books · 292 pages · 9780345456090
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