The Favor: A Novel

Adele Griffin

Jun 2023 · Sourcebooks, Inc.

About this ebook

From National Book Award finalist Adele Griffin, an insightful and warmhearted story of two very different women who make an unexpected connection when one decides to carry a baby for the other.

At I'll Have Seconds, a high-end fairytale vintage dress shop in Manhattan, Nora Hammond loves nothing better than pairing a rare find with the perfect client.

At home, Nora grapples with the bleaker reality of enormous debt, a tiny apartment, and ever-dwindling hope that she and her husband Jacob will have a family of their own.

When socialite Evelyn Elliot charges into Nora's life, the women spark an immediate connection, and Nora is jettisoned into the heady whirl of New York's moneyed elite. As Evelyn's stylist and confidante, Nora needs to learn all new rules of engagement for the uber-wealthy. But it isn't until Evelyn decides her next cause is to carry a baby for Nora, that these rules— and this unlikely friendship—are tested.

A contemporary story that celebrates alternative routes to family, The Favor is an incisive examination of what it means to long for a child and what relationships cost us—and what they're worth.

Ratings and reviews

The Favor by Adele Griffin is an incredible slow-building story that will grab your heart after it hits the floor a few times. Favor-noun- an act of kindness beyond what is due or usual. Warm regard is shown toward another, especially by a superior. Nora and Frankie work in a vintage clothing store, I'll Have Seconds, where Haute couture has a second or third chance at life. Evelyn Elliot is a millionaire who loves fabulous couture and antiques; when she enters I'll Have Seconds and wipes out