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Hot Springs by Becker, Geoffrey is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Hot Springs about?
Vibrant, sexy, and quite possibly crazy, Bernice is determined to reclaim the child she gave up for adoption five years ago. She convinces her boyfriend, Landis, to help carry out her plan, but once the abduction is accomplished, Bernicewhose own mother was given to manic episodes and strange behavioris plagued with doubts. Will Landis stay with her, given her volatile personality and his own drifter past? Will she and Landis both end up in jail for this crime? And, perhaps most importantly, will she fail at being a mother? Dovetailed with this is the story of the conservative Christian adoptive parents, Tessa and David, and the effect the kidnapping has on their troubled marriage. As Bernice and Landis journey across America, from Colorado Springs to Tucson to Baltimore, Bernice must confront her past and the secrets she has kept. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. In his incisive latest, Becker (2008 Flannery O'Conner Prizewinner for Black Elvis ) recounts the misadventures of Bernice Click, a volatile young woman determined to raise the biological daughter she gave up for adoption. With the help of her boyfriend, Bernice kidnaps five-year-old Emily from her adoptive parent
Who reads Hot Springs?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Becker, Geoffrey
- Publisher
- Tin House Books, LLC
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780982504833
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Adventure, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.36 / 5 (138 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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