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"Babyville" to ciepla, pelna zycia, madra i wyjatkowo wciagajaca opowiesc o macierzynstwie.
Julia i Mark tkwia w pozbawionym milosci zwiazku. Julii wydaje sie, ze pomogloby im dziecko, ale moze to jednak nie jest rozwiazanie problemów...
Maeve z kolei unika odpowiedzialnosci - na widok wózka ucieka w poplochu. Jednonocna przygoda skutkuje niechciana ciaza. Ale na ile ta ciaza naprawde jest niechciana?
Samantha jest zauroczona swoim dzieckiem, jednak jak jej maz Chris poradzi sobie z faktem, ze nagle zona jest nieosiagalna, poza tym czy obsesja Samanthy jest naprawde zdrowa?

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To have a baby or not to have a baby, that is the question that's facing Jane Green's heroines in her fifth novel, Babyville. Julia, Maeve and Sam are pondering the pros and cons of procreation; the effect that it could have on their careers, partners and lives.

The novel opens with Julia, a successful TV producer, with her legs straight up in the air, encouraging her boyfriend Mark's sperm to reach their destination. Julia thinks she wants a baby to fill the huge gap that has suddenly appeared in her life. But Mark thinks:

We don't make love anymore. We make babies. And we're failing.
Maeve, who also works in TV, is adamant that she doesn't want a baby or a relationship; she's happy as a single, ambitious, career girl: "The togetherness. The cosiness. That coupledom that is pure anathema to me." But she finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand and finds that her preconceptions turn out to be misconceptions. And finally there is Sam; voluptuously, glowingly pregnant at the beginning of the book, but near the end screaming at her beloved partner Chris: "You haven't been stuck in all day with a screaming baby. You have absolutely no idea what it's like for me." Chris feels "neglected. Abandoned . Unwanted."

Babyville is played out in the present tense, with a staccato style delivery, with beats of humour between the emotional labour. The emotions may be powerful and universal, but the prose style may need a longer fermentation period. --Eithne Farry

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"With "Babyville, Jane Green confirms her position as one of the sharpest, funniest observers of modern life and romance." --"Waterstone's Quarterly
"You'll be hooked--even if babies are the last thing on your mind." --"Company
"With "Babyville," Jane Green confirms her position as one of the sharpest, funniest observers of modern life and romance." --"Waterstone's Quarterly"
"You'll be hooked--even if babies are the last thing on your mind." --"Company
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"With "Babyville", Jane Green confirms her position as one of the sharpest, funniest observers of modern life and romance." --"Waterstone's Quarterly"

"You'll be hooked--even if babies are the last thing on your mind." --"Company
"

"With "Babyville," Jane Green confirms her position as one of the sharpest, funniest observers of modern life and romance." --"Waterstone's Quarterly"
"You'll be hooked--even if babies are the last thing on your mind." --"Company
"

With "Babyville," Jane Green confirms her position as one of the sharpest, funniest observers of modern life and romance. "Waterstone s Quarterly"
You ll be hooked even if babies are the last thing on your mind. "Company
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With Babyville, Jane Green confirms her position as one of the sharpest, funniest observers of modern life and romance. Waterstone s Quarterly
You ll be hooked even if babies are the last thing on your mind. Company

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  • PublisherThorndike Pr
  • Publication date2003
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  • ISBN 13 9780786259809
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