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New Novel Asks, Who’s Your Daddy, Baby? It’s a Quirky Paternity Mystery with a
Facebook Twist WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 2012 – While the provocative title,
Who’s Your Daddy, Baby?, could evoke images of a person employed in what some
have termed the world’s oldest profession, author Lisa Pell has written a quirky
paternity mystery with a Facebook twist. “So many funny things happened during the
magical mystery tour paternity search that inspired this novel, and I learned so much
about some quirky medical issues, I felt compelled to write about my experience,
” Pell said. “Several doctors and people who have been involved in adoption issues e
ncouraged me to publish my story. I hope my experience can help others by shedding
light on some timely, relevant issues, and readers can enjoy a few laughs along the
way.” Inspired by the author’s experience, Who’s Your Daddy, Baby? is the story of
Lori McGuire Pomay, a happily married career woman living in suburban Washington,
D.C. Lori undergoes genetic testing for in vitro fertilization and her world is rocked
when she is told the dad she always knew could not possibly have been her biological f
ather. This mid-life shocker sends her into an alternately hilarious, heartwarming, and
heartbreaking search for truth about her heritage – from Appalachian Cherokees to
Purple Kings on a church stage, with high-rolling gamblers, car dealers, dentists, and a
ll manner of confused amnesiacs in their seventies along for the ride. William Kuhn,
author of Reading Jackie, wrote, “This is a knockout idea for a novel. Lisa Pell had me
riveted in the first paragraph.” Catherine Astolfo, author of the Emily Taylor Mysteries
and Past President of Crime Writers of Canada, said, “The topic is certainly current,
given the space age approaches to fertility. Add to that the connections through the
cyber world and the story couldn’t be more contemporary or intriguing…However, what
I really liked most about this book was the writing. It’s intelligent and witty,
informative yet easy to read.” An award-winning former newspaper, television, and
radio journalist, Pell has spent most of her career in the communications business. B
orn in North Carolina, she was raised in Virginia, is a graduate of George Mason
University, and attended Harvard Business School. Currently she serves as a consultant
for an agency of the U.S. government. Pell has strong roots in the Appalachian
mountains of Virginia, and has lived in Tennessee and West Virginia, where she
covered news stories in Kentucky and southern Ohio. Connoisseurs of well-told
stories, Rock ‘n’ Roll music, impressionist art, golf, oysters, and fun people, Pell
and her husband live in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.
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