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The Hatbox Baby
by Carrie Brown

The Hatbox Baby
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Author: Carrie Brown
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-09-22
ISBN: 1565122992
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Algonquin Books

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Book Review: The Hatbox Baby is a find!
Summary: 4 Stars

On a sweltering summer morning in 1933, a baby is delivered in a hatbox to Infantorium at the World's Fair & a mystery of love lost & found begins among the freaks & marvels of the Century of Progress Exposition.

Somewhere in that hot midwestern city, a young woman is giving birth, with the help of a neighboring midwife, to an infant unlikely to survive. The father, in desperation snatches up the living babe & rushes off to the World's Fair because he'd read about a doctor who could save premature babies.

It is the life of this tiny baby, born too early, that brings strangers together in a bond of desperate hope, frantic escapes & heartwarming redemption in a far-away time our grandparents might remember well.

A beautifully researched & written adventure of a special time & a particularly strange place. A fascinating read!

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