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Name of Book: The Thread that Binds Author: Alice Hayes ISBN:  9781619334 Publisher: Fastpencil Type of book: Pregnancy, motherhood, unconventional partnerships, teenage pregnancy, immigration issues, lack of prenatal care, connections, domestic abuse, moving, strangers, Georgia, 2000s Year it was published: 2015 Summary: Sherice is a new mother, a sonographer, quilter, and wife; an overworked young woman whose elderly mother is slipping away from her. Sylvie is a newlywed and recent immigrant, unemployed and virtually penniless. Her husband’s paycheck can’t even cover prenatal care, let alone a baby, and her due date is only drawing nearer… Joanne’s unconventional pregnancy turns her world upside down, redefining her career and relationships, and even bringing to the surface long-buried demons from her past. Payton is seventeen, pregnant, and on the run. She flees to her uncle in Georgia with the hope of making a fresh start, but discovers making it on he...