From Here to Maternity - Softcover

Moriarity, Sinead

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844880680 ISBN 13: 9781844880683

Publisher: Penguin Ireland, 2006

Synopsis

From Here to Maternity, Sinéad Moriarty's third novel, is the story tells the story of Emma Hamilton who embarks on the path to adopting a baby when she and her husband can't conceive. It manages to be both hilarious and incredibly moving and is comparable to the writing of Marian Keyes in its ability to balance light and shade in a heart-warming, thoughtful and satisfying story. Just as Emma Hamilton and her husband James become parents of an eight-month-old Russian baby, Yuri, they find out that Emma is pregnant. Which is a bit of a shock since they had come to terms with not being able to have children. Emma discovers that having her dreams come true brings a whole new set of problems as she is faced with well-meaning friends and family - and not-so-well-meaning maternity Nazis - telling her how to be a mother. Only her wonderful calm long-suffering husband, a mad family that makes her look like the down-to-earth sensible one, and fantastic friends whose lives are even crazier than her own, keep Emma from losing it, and in the end she comes through with her usual mix of humour, good-natured hysteria and real heart.

About this title

About the Author:

Sinéad Moriarty's novels have sold over 700,000 copies in Ireland and the UK. She has won over readers and critics by telling stories that are humane, moving and relevant to modern women. In 2015 she won the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction. She lives in her native Dublin with her husband and their three children. Our Secrets and Lies is her thirteenth novel.

Review:

Brilliantly eccentric and utterly charming - we love this! * OK Magazine * Enjoyable and endearing * Closer * Hilarious ... quirky and convincing characters * Ireland On Sunday * [Moriarty has] an unexpected flair for side-splitting humour and fun * Evening Herald * Action-packed ... the characters are likeable and the snappy prose moves events along at a pace * Irish Examiner * Typically hilarious * Sunday Independent *

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Ireland
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1844880680
• ISBN 13: 9781844880683
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320