Pregnancy is different for everyone, especially three women
living in L.A.
whose lives all intersect when each of them is expecting!
Nathalie
Kneller has a great life: fulfilling job as a high school
teacher,
supportive husband, and now, after years of trying, she is
pregnant.
She has the perfect plan to announce her pregnancy over
Thanksgiving
dinner to her family, but her younger sister Lyndi thwarts
this by
throwing up into her beautiful cornucopia... because guess
what? Lyndi
is pregnant, too!
Lyndi, always the free spirit, hasn't been to a doctor, nor
has she told
anyone else in her life about her pregnancy. Her roommate is
the father,
and she's not quite sure that he wants to be anything more
than a good
friend. Additionally, her job at a flower delivery startup
sometimes
requires her to ride her bike through busy L.A. traffic and
onto bustling
production sets. Every week, Lyndi delivers a beautiful
bouquet to the
hottest teen drama's makeup artist, who is the girlfriend of
a notorious
playboy rock star...
Sophia Nunez is thrilled with her life. Her
seventeen-year-old daughter,
Maisey, is getting ready to graduate, and while Sophia is
excited to see
her grow up (after having Maisey when she was only
nineteen), she is
also ready to have more free time to expand her makeup
business and
spend time with her too hot to handle rocker boyfriend. When
she
realizes that just as her first kid is about to leave for
college, she's
actually pregnant with number two, Sophia is surprised that her
boyfriend is seemingly excited about becoming a father...
What a fun and fresh novel exploring the highs and lows of
pregnancy!
THE BABY PLAN by Kate Rorick is an insightful yet hilarious
book that
shows no pregnancy is alike, and yet everyone has the same
endgame.
Nathalie, Lyndi, and Sophia each have their own distinct
storylines that
intersect in interesting ways and doesn't feel forced. From
overbearing
stepmothers to flaky friends, THE BABY PLAN puts these
characters
through the emotional ringer, not to mention the body
changes and
crazed hormones that go along with pregnancy. Over the
course of the
novel, you're able to see each woman not only learn what
they are
capable of but also grow, physically and mentally, into
their impending
motherhood. There are times when everyone, both the lead and
side
characters, does things that aren't particularly likable,
and that took
away a little from the overall story. That being said, this
was a witty and
relatable women's fiction novel!
In Kate Rorick’s first adult fiction novel, we enter the wild, bewildering world of modern pregnancies. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll shake your head as you wonder where everyone’s sanity went... Meet the mothers… Nathalie Kneller: Nathalie’s plan: to announce her pregnancy now that she’s finally made it past twelve weeks! But just as she’s about to deliver (so to speak) the big news to her family, her scene-stealing sister barfs all over the Thanksgiving centerpiece. Yup, Lyndi’s pregnant too, swiping the spotlight once more… Lyndi Kneller: Lyndi’s plan: finally get her life together! She’s got a new apartment, new promotion, new boyfriend. What she didn’t count on—a new baby! She can barely afford her rent, much less a state-of-the-art stroller… Sophia Nunez: Sophia’s plan: Once she gets her daughter Maisey off to college, she’ll finally be able to enjoy life as make-up artist to one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, and girlfriend to one of rock’s hottest musicians. But after 18 years she discovers the stork is once again on its way… Now these women are about to jump headlong into the world of modern day pregnancy. It’s a world of over the top gender reveal parties (with tacky cakes and fireworks); where every morsel you eat is scrutinized and discussed; where baby names are crowd-sourced and sonograms are Facebook-shared. And where nothing goes as planned...
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