This book was very much like what I expect a soap opera to be. Many of the characters were 2-dimensional, there were numerous incredible coincidences, and each character strictly represented a particular viewpoint. I found the book almost humorous to read all of the experiences that happened in 2 weeks to the mother of a newborn. The book made a decent point regarding bigotry and prejudiced thinking, but I doubt this presentation made anyone really think about those important issues. ( )

Loved this. Compulsive read.

From Publishers Weekly
When Dana and Hugh Clarke's baby is born into their wealthy, white New England seaside community, the baby's unmistakably African-American features puzzle her thoroughly Anglo-looking parents. Hugh's family pedigree extends back to the Mayflower, and his historian father has made a career of tracing the esteemed Clarke family genealogy, which does not include African-Americans. Dana's mother died when Dana was a child, and Dana never knew her father: she matter-of-factly figures that baby Lizzie's features must hark back to her little-known past. Hugh, a lawyer who has always passionately defended his minority clients, finds his liberal beliefs don't run very deep and demands a paternity test to rule out the possibility of infidelity. By the time the Clarkes have uncovered the tangled roots of their family trees, more than one skeleton has been unearthed, and the couple's relationship—not to mention their family loyalty—has been severely tested. Delinsky (Looking for Peyton Place) smoothly challenges characters and readers alike to confront their hidden hypocrisies. Although the dialogue about race at times seems staged and rarely delves beyond a surface level, and although near-perfect Dana and her knitting circle are too idealized to be believable, Delinsky gets the political and personal dynamics right ( )

I liked how the author really dealt with the issues of race and how people react to babies of another color. It unfortunately was written as more a chick lit book remaining very light easy reading when it actually was dealing with how people of different lifestyles choose to think about others. ( )

Silly rather implausible book that I still devoured in less than 24 hours. A quick read, especially if you're willing to suspend disbelief for a bit... ( )

A happily married couple is about to experieince the birth of their first child. However when their daughter is born her skin is darker than anticipated. He can trace his roots back to the town's founding fathers and she has an unkonwn family history with a few skeletons in the closet. Where did this child's skin colour come from? Unkonwn ancestry? An affair with a neighbour? Definitely a good story and it was good enough to stand on its own without the sidetrips into being politically correct.
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