Taylor, the creative director at an advertising agency, is
married to Jake, a trial lawyer at a respected firm. They
are both sprinting up the corporate ladder while enjoying
business trips, late night parties and busy social lives.
In six years of marriage, she and Jake haven't really
connected except through enthusiastic sex. Taylor's
pregnancy is so unexpected that she waits until a Hawaiian
vacation several weeks later before surprising Jake with
the news. He is shocked, and initially angry.
At work, Taylor loves working on a new campaign for upscale
baby clothes, even though her harsh boss disapproves of her
pregnancy, and a photo shoot quickly shows Taylor how much
she has to learn about babies. She worries that she may
lack maternal instincts and has held back the truth about
her own parents and grandmother's deaths. Taylor knows Jake
isn't excited about this change in their plans, but will
this baby pull them apart before they can pull themselves
together?
Inspired by Ms. Lott's own pregnancy journals, this moving,
realistic novel captures one woman's journey to motherhood
from a suspiciously late period through the arrival of a
happy, healthy baby. I can't imagine a child appreciating
the journal entries that Taylor writes for her unborn
child -- her doubts and worries are too truthful. But as a
reader, I enjoyed the refreshing honesty that Taylor brings
to the beatific glowing pregnant stereotype. This frank and
funny romp through pregnancy has similarities to Jenny
McCarthy's BELLY LAUGHS or Ariel Gore's THE HIP-MAMA
SURVIVAL GUIDE. THE STORK REALITY is part of an emerging
trend between chick-lit career girls and mommy-lit
housewives, where babies are still made the old-fashioned
way, nine months at a time! Highly recommended, especially
if you know someone who's expecting!
With a prestigious position at an advertising agency, a
bustling social calendar, and an on-the-rise lawyer
husband, 28-year-old Taylor Montgomery seems to have it
all. But her seemingly picture-perfect world threatens to
collapse when she gets the one thing that wasn’t on her to-
do list: pregnant.
Both hilarious and hearbreaking, THE STORK REALITY follows
Taylor through her pregnancy as she deals with her ever-
changing body, an unsympathetic boss, an evolving marriage,
and the relationship she had with her own mother.
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