FAMILY PLANNING A nurse practitioner at El Centro, a not-for-profit women's health center in rural Pennsylvania, Charlotte Hopper has found peace in her carefully constructed life—until her old college friend moves next door, resurrecting a secret so devastating that Charlotte's husband leaves rather than face the past. And after a heartbreaking discovery is made on the grounds behind the clinic, the women of El Centro must contend with being in the media spotlight—and being suspected of a terrible crime. Caught in a whirlwind of tragedies both large and small, Charlotte will learn just how much of herself she can give—and how much she must keep. Read an excerpt. Read the backstory of Family Planning. BUY THE BOOK online from your local independent bookstore via BookSense, Amazon or Barnes & Noble. FAMILY PLANNING New American Library Accent March 2006 ISBN 0-4512-1759-4 PRAISE FOR FAMILY PLANNING "A feel-good tale of family, motherhood and the sanctity of babies."    —Publishers Weekly "The emotional stakes rise quickly...building toward shocking yet satisfying revelations..."    —Philadelphia Magazine "In many books, the main plot revolves around the hero saving the world, while in the background his girlfriend or wife raises the babies and pays the bills. Here, those domestic stories are brought forward and we see they are vivid, dramatic, funny, sad and challenging. The story revolves around El Centro, a women's healthcare facility, where you go when you have no insurance. Charlotte Hopper is the nurse practitioner who is having some problems of her own. Then she finds a fetus in the dumpster, and then it's the police, the news, and protestors. In Family Planning, the author draws on her own experiences working in clinics like these and makes you understand the choices women who have no choices are forced to make. Far from being preachy or morbid, this book is a hopeful look at a workplace that becomes a family."    —Kim Alexander, Fiction Nation, Take Five, XM Radio "A sensitive read, Family Planning portrays the sisterhood that can arise when women work closely together. The caring for each other displayed on these pages shows women at their best.... While these women live in each others' pockets, they still manage to have individual crises—which is when all their true colors come out, as loving and caring friends surround them."    —Mary Ann Smyth, BookLoons.com