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Babies in Waiting - Rosie Fiore (2012)
Three women at different stages in their lives end up expecting babies in September. Louise is the oldest at 38, and then there is Toni who is 26, and then Gemma at 18. One of them gets pregnant to keep a man, one knows her biological clock is ticking and the other ends up pregnant after a one-night stand. Their family and friends all react differently to the news and there are many challenges each of them face in the nine months ahead. Louise, Toni and Gemma meet on an online forum and connect to one other through their experiences. This has all the elements I like in a book - friendship and motherhood. It's a journey you feel like you're on with them throughout the book. Rosie Fiore writes in such a way that you feel like the characters are friends of yours. The forum idea was brilliant, and helped these women through their experiences when they felt they had no one else to deal with their questions and worries. My favourite was Toni as she seemed so mature and headstrong but I also liked Louise, especially how she dealt with life as a single mother and the relationship with her brother Simon. This is a novel full of laughter, tears and shows a true understanding of motherhood in all its forms. (KD)
Babies in Waiting, by Rosie Fiore, is about motherhood, friendship and finding love at the most surprising time in your life. The summary says: "Meet Louise, 38, Toni, 26, and Gemma, 18. They are all expecting babies in September. One of them conceived in a hurry because she was running out of time. One of them fell pregnant to keep a man and one got knocked up by mistake after a one-night-stand. But none of them realised what they would come up against as they face nine long months of pregnancy, and the reactions of friends, family and colleagues. Meeting through an online forum, they form an unlikely but powerful bond. When it seems that all they have is each other, their lives will be thrown into turmoil, as a blast from the past threatens to destroy everything." South African-raised Fiore now lives in London and has written two other novels, This Year's Black and Lame Angel.