Kathleen Buckley: 2 books

Dawn’s almost-fiance wants to take her to Cancun and thinks she can ship her 12 year old daughter to Dawn’s ex-husband over Christmas break, as if she were a FedEx package. It’s Dawn’s son’s 19th birthday and her friends—and Paul—don’t know she has a son from a teenage mistake. She’s...

John, dumpster-diving adolescent loner—and proud of it!—is appalled when his mother brings home a baby (but no food or diapers). He remembers what his life was like when Jackie wasn’t coping well and reluctantly turns to the only adults he trusts, Eloise, a semi-retired travel writer for whom...