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  • The Heart of a Mother

  • Obsession Collection
  • By: Julie Clark
  • Narrated by: Susan Dalian
  • Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (145 ratings)

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The Heart of a Mother

By: Julie Clark
Narrated by: Susan Dalian
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Publisher's summary

A fateful decision from the past haunts a wealthy Californian. Desperate to make things right, she risks everything in this tense short story from New York Times bestselling author Julie Clark.

Hillary Jean leads an enviable life. She has a loving husband, a beautiful home, caring friends, and meaningful work planning fundraisers. Yet she’s always felt incomplete. After a DNA website emails her a match, Hillary sets out to find the daughter she gave up twenty-five years ago. But her hunger to reconnect threatens to destroy the very thing she hopes to gain.

The Heart of a Mother is part of Obsession, a collection of compulsively readable short stories about people pushed to their extremes. So addictive you won’t be able to put them down—read or listen to each story in a single sitting.

©2023 Julie Clark. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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Interesting

You might know and you might not, but the story is entertaining. A good way to start a conversation.

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Surprising!

Wow! Now that took me by surprise! Good short story! The narrator was fine. Worth the listen.

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performance was phenomenal

a predictable and easy story to digest but the acting was really really good. love the actess voice

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Good Short Read

Very entertaining when you need a good short fix of a new book! Great story line and characters!

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Sad

This was an interesting but sad story. I did enjoy listening to the narrator’s voice.

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Great!!

Love this !! The narrative was awesome and the story kept me wanting more!! Very well done!

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Great

I enjoyed this short read. I would love to read more related to this story.

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Obsession leads to further heartache

Clearly the author describes the heartache of having to give her child up for adoption and the opportunity to become reacquainted.

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A real surprise

I hesitated listening to this very short story. However it grasped me from the first sentence to the very end. Recommend it to all readers of short stories.


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Story Drew Me In

Great Story, kept me wanting more. This was much more to this than I originally gave it credit for.
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