Rating: 
Summary: Exuberant, Funny, Thoughtful
Review: This book has everything: characters we can love, real-life problems to which most everybody (male and female) can relate, and a point of view that is not preachy, and that actually sees both sides of the problem.And that problem is babies...from the obsessive desire to get pregnant (a very real, unblinking look at what happens to a couple struggling with infertility) to an unwanted pregnancy (an equally real look at decisions that are almost impossible to make), to a much-wanted pregnancy that leads to an unforeseen aftermath. Each of the three main characters, Julia, Maeve and Sam, are delightful in their own way, each conforming to the current Brit Lit cliche of young, ultra-fashionable, ultra-career minded, ultra-sexy but still wonderful women with various hearts of gold. Their men are not caricatures, but real people whose thoughts and needs are sensitively described in this book--a breath of fresh air! As we watch the three women grapple with different issues in the fertility arena, we come to love them and care deeply for the babies they may or may not have. I was surprised at just how good this book really was. I was expecting another light, breezy British outing, and although this book certainly delivers on that level, it is also a thoughtful and thought-provoking look at parenthood and what it does, and does not, mean to those of us who have children, or who have every thought of having one. A keeper!
Rating: 
Summary: Great for any mothers or wannabee-mothers!
Review: This is the first "chick-lit" that I picked up, and mainly due to the topic--motherhood--and I loved it. I am a mother juggling a career and grad school, and this book speaks to me. It is about three different modern women with different attitudes towards motherhood and how they cope. It's very well written and very gripping. I plan on checking out her other books as soon as I can get to the bookstore!
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