EXPECTING is going to make you laugh out loud while you are flipping the pages and forget about doing anything else. You are going to finish EXPECTING in one day just like I did. I still can't believe EXPECTING is a debut novel. Ann Lewis Hamilton writes like she has written fifty novels already.

Laurie and Alan have been trying to get pregnant. They have had two miscarriages and they decide the way to go is artificial insemination. They are thrilled when Laurie gets pregnant, but then they learn that a fed up nurse tampered with things and the child is not Alan's, but from donor #296. Who the heck is Donor 296?

EXPECTING is written in third person perspective from three different points of view. Laurie, Alan, and Jack, the biological father of Laurie's baby. Each of the changes are clearly marked so it is easy to keep up with which character is currently narrating the story. Alan's chapters really broke my heart but at the same time, and I can understand the struggle he is going through. Poor Alan feels like he will not have any ties to the baby. Is Laurie going to want to be with Jack now that they have a baby together? Well, you are going to have to read EXPECTING to find out.

You can really feel Laurie and Alan's pain, but it doesn't overwhelm you. You sit there wondering if their marriage can survive something like this, and it makes you wonder what would you do in this situation. EXPECTING will stay with you long after you read the final page. All of the characters feel very real and after a few chapters they will feel like friends you have known for years. There are pages where I laughed and cried at the same time. EXPECTING is filled with so much humor, I was snorting with laughter, while being grateful I wasn't on a train or bus while reading it!