"Powner alternates perspectives between her protagonists, eliciting readers' empathy for both women, and vividly contrasting Bri's desperation and hope with Laura's guilt, love, and longing. This emotionally resonant tale resists easy answers." —Publishers Weekly

A deeply moving contemporary story about family and foster care from a two-time Christy Award-winning author

When her newborn son, Providence, is taken by CPS, eighteen-year-old Bri Marshall is determined to do whatever's necessary to get him back—with or without Providence's father. But hurdles like no job, car, or family support complicate the process. Bri never expected to sink this low. What will it take to hold her baby in her arms again?

Thirty-nine-year-old Laura Gambler, facing the big 4-0, is managing new challenges with her own children when she's asked to take in baby Providence. She could never have imagined the chain of events that agreeing to foster would set in motion—or the carefully buried pain from her past it would drag back to the surface.

Both women wrestle with doubts about the future and their ability to parent Providence, even as their love for him grows stronger every day. As their lives become irrevocably intertwined, the two very different women face the same impossible question: Who is the best mother for Providence?

"Powner (When the Road Comes Around) draws on her own experience as a foster mom to give this gift of a book to readers." —Library Journal, starred review