The Baby Trail: Emma and James, Novel 1 (Emma and James, 1) - Softcover

Moriarty, Sinéad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844880400 ISBN 13: 9781844880409

Publisher: Penguin, 2004

Synopsis

Sinéad Moriarty poured all her experiences in trying to get pregnant for the first time into her debut novel The Baby Trail. Her heroine Emma Hamilton discovers that the road to conception is far from straightforward and her story is a moving and funny exploration of an experience so central to so many women's lives. The novel established Sinéad as a major talent in the tradition of Marian Keyes.

TicktockticktockTICKTOCK ... That's Emma Hamilton's biological clock you can hear. She wants a baby and she wants one NOW. But when Mother Nature refuses to play ball, Emma decides to give her a prod - or two.

Soon her life is a roller-coaster of post-sex handstands (you can't argue with gravity), hormone-inducing (sanity-reducing) drugs and a veritable army of probing specialists (torturers, more like). It's out with the booze and spontaneous sex, in with green tea and ovulation tests.

Emma couldn't have conceived that the road to pregnancy would turn into the mother of all journeys. But she's finding out that once you're on the baby trail, nothing is sacred - and one way or another, life will never be the same again ...

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Review:

Will make you laugh out loud one minute and wipe away a rogue tear the next (Heat)

Moriarty's Emma has the wit of Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, mixed with the Murphy's Law luck of Bridget Jones (Irish Independent)

Very funny, with a cast of wonderful supporting characters and an unpredictable ending. Marian Keyes, you have some competition (RTÉ Guide)

The pace is fast and furious ... a real page-turner (Irish Tatler)

Honest and funny (U Magazine)

Lots of tears and even more laughs ... a confident debut (Irish Times)

Funny - side-splittingly so, which is a difficult balance to strike considering the weight of the subject matter (Ireland on Sunday)

Mix Bridget Jones with Charlotte from Sex and the City and you've got Emma, the charming heroine of The Baby Trail, and a funny, feisty guide through the realities and hilarities of twenty-first century baby-making. A terrific read ... (Jennifer Weiner)

From the Back Cover:

Hello, I'm Emma. I used to be a happy, level-headed person. I had a great husband, lovely friends, a job I enjoyed and a lively social life - until I decided to have a baby ...

When Mother Nature won't cooperate with Emma Hamilton's plans to get pregnant, Emma decides to help things along. Soon her life is a merry-go-round of post-sex handstands (you can't argue with gravity), hormone-inducing (sanity-reducing) drugs, and a legion of probing specialists. It's out with the booze and spontaneous sex, in with green tea and ovulation tests.

Emma starts to realize that on the baby trail nothing is sacred - and her quest to become a mother may change her life in ways she never expected ...

Praise for The Baby Trail:

'Will make you laugh out loud one minute and wipe away a rogue tear the next' HEAT MAGAZINE

'Not only brave and revealing but also entertaining, very funny, with a cast of wonderful characters and an unpredictable ending' RTÉ GUIDE

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1844880400
• ISBN 13: 9781844880409
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320