Events come to a boil in episodes seven and eight of Open Arms
The Between the Covers podcast continues with Marina Endicott’s novel Open Arms (Freehand Press).
Bess can’t decide whether she wants to kill her father or hug him, although it might be easier to decide if he was actually there.
His girlfriend is about to have twins and he hasn’t been seen for days.
Bess and sister Irene have called their mothers for advice and now Bess is thinking that may have been a mistake because Patrick’s ex-wives are on their way.
Episode seven: Doreen is livid when she hears that Patrick’s ex-wives are coming to help with the birth.
Episode eight: Bess’s and Irene’s mothers arrive and so do the twins.
Each episode of Between the Covers is between 15 and 17 minutes.
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The Between the Covers podcast hitches a ride with a defiant teen in Marina Endicott’s novel Open Arms (Douglas and McIntyre).
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