Book I: The Bostonians.A Family Affair is the heart-warming trilogy about a family with a difference; it has two Moms. Janet is desperate for a baby, but how do they conceive?Book II: Peter’s ChildrenEnter Peter Thomas… is it possible for a man to be hoodwinked into siring four children and be none the wiser?Book III: The ReturnJune yearns for her grandparents, and arranges an interview. Sandra and Scott Thomas, having accepted their only son Peter would have no issue, are astonished to discover they have a quiverful of teenage grandchildren. But Klein-Jan, conceived in rape, kidnapped by his father and taken to Holland aged two, deeply distrusts his father and undertakes a journey to discover his roots. There’s nothing straightforward about family, however. Brought up believing that he and his father are alone in the world, Klein-Jan discovers it was his mother’s twin sister, not Janet, who died on the day he was born; and he has an extended, but decidedly different family. Janet, in a fit of distress doesn’t recognize her long-lost son… it’s his grandparents who save the day.A Family Affair is a lighthearted and easy read, but also takes an inside look at serious issues. Women in love, rape, abortion, and the love of a blind grandmother who prays every day for her grandson. It was from her home that KJ was kidnapped by her son, desperate for an heir for the family dynasty.
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