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Notting Hill Press
August 2015 |
LOVE, LIFE AND A CHRISTMAS DUE DATE
Ellie is fresh back from her honeymoon and can't wait to share her news with her best friends Katie and Jane. To everyone's surprise, mother-of-two Jane has news of her own... The women are due a day apart and Katie can't wait to be an honorary auntie to the babies.
But it's hard to keep your sense of humour, not to mention your self-esteem, in the face of hemorrhoids and elasticated waistbands. Add a clingy mother-in-law, a career in cardiac arrest and a sex life that makes Mother Theresa look lusty, and soon their lives are as out of control as their bodies.
As the co-founders of The Curvy Girls Club, where loving yourself is the only rule, will the friends be able to practice what they preach?
My thoughts:
I read The Curvy Girls Club last year and really enjoyed the introduction into the lives of Ellie, Kate and Jess. In this latest novella, we meet up with the girls again, but this time they have rather more on their minds than their Curvy Girls support group. With two out of the three friends expecting their first babies, Katie can't help but feel left out, until the fickle finger of fate intervenes.
As always, the story is really fun to read, whilst at the same time it covers some fairly serious topics, like what happens to couples when a baby starts to loom on the horizon, how clingy mother-in-laws can be more of a hindrance than a help, and of how pregnant women are viewed in the work place.
The story is warm and witty and filled with such a sense of joie de vivre that you can't help but be pulled into this charming story of impending motherhood. The characters are nicely portrayed without ever becoming caricatures and infuse such a sense of friendship , that you end up wishing you had such a group of friends to rely on.
The novella is really easy to read in one sitting, it's a real feel good story that will bring a smile to your face, and that for me, is what fiction is sometimes all about.
The Curvy Girls Baby Club officially launches this week
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My thanks to Michele and Notting Hill Press for sharing this novella with me
My thanks to Michele and Notting Hill Press for sharing this novella with me
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Thanks so much for reviewing The Curvy Girls Baby Club and I'm thrilled that you loved it! xo
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting Michele. Always a pleasure to read your books.
DeleteGood Luck with the launch of The Curvy Girls Baby Club..:)