Baby (MacLachlan novel)
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AuthorPatricia MacLachlan
PublisherDelacorte Books for Young Readers
Publication date
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| Author | Patricia MacLachlan |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Delacorte Books for Young Readers |
Publication date | September 1, 1993 |
| ISBN | 978-0-385-31133-5 |
Baby is a 1995 children's novel by American author Patricia MacLachlan. It explores the themes of family and abandonment through the story of a family who has experienced loss, but discovers a baby girl left on their doorstep, with the only information about her on a short note. The story is told from the perspective of a girl named Larkin, whose family discovers and cares for the baby. The book features and references several poems, including one by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
It was adapted into a 2000 TV movie directed by Robert Allan Ackerman and starring Farrah Fawcett, Keith Carradine, and Jean Stapleton.
