Synopsis:
It should be the most natural thing in the world. But in Tony Parsons’
latest bestseller, three couples discover that Mother Nature can be one hell of
a bitch.
Paulo loves Jessica. He thinks that together they are complete – a
family of two.
But Jessica can't be happy until she has a baby, and the baby stubbornly refuses to come. Can a man and a woman ever really be a family of two?
But Jessica can't be happy until she has a baby, and the baby stubbornly refuses to come. Can a man and a woman ever really be a family of two?
Megan doesn't love her boyfriend anymore. After a one-night stand with an
Australian beach bum, she finds that even a trainee doctor can slip up on the
family planning.
Should you bring a child into the world if you don't love its father?
Should you bring a child into the world if you don't love its father?
Cat loves her life. After bringing up her two youngest sisters, all she
craves is freedom. Her older boyfriend has done the family thing before and is
in no rush to do it all again. But can a modern woman really find true
happiness without ever being in the family way?
Three sisters. Three couples. Two pregnancies. Six men and women
struggling with love, sex, fertility and the meaning of family.
Review:
Another
brilliant book from my own collection. This has been on there for years and I
remember actually getting this through BookMooch website, which I used
alongside Read It Swap It.
I
have never read books by Tony Parsons but I will do now. This is a very
truthful, poignant story of three sisters, abandoned by their own mother and
left in care of eldest sister Cat, who was only twelve at the time. It is a
story of their own need for a family unit and realisation that their ideas of family
might not be how life will eventually play out.
Cat
has a successful job, older boyfriend who doesn’t want children. Meghan is in
her last year of medicine before being qualified as a GP and Jessica is happily
married and seems to have it all. Except the baby she is longing to bring into
the world.
Their
worlds and relationships start falling apart when Meghan finds out she is
pregnant. After a one night stand. All three sisters find that they have some
growing up to do, facing their past and looking into the future and what they
want it to look like.
It’s
a brilliant, real-life-like story and as a mum I found it very touching and
emotional.
Rating: 5/5
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