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

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

by Sinéad Moriarty (Author)

Synopsis

Sinead 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 Sinead 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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: paperback / softback
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 09 Sep 2004

ISBN 10: 1844880400
ISBN 13: 9781844880409

Media Reviews
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 * RTE 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
Author Bio
Sinead Moriarty's novels have sold over 700,000 copies in Ireland and the UK. She has won over readers and critics by telling stories that are humane, moving and relevant to modern women. She lives in her native Dublin with her husband and their three children.