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Going It Alone

Clare Dowling author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Headline Publishing Group

Published:13th Nov '08

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A hilarious and romantic novel about marriage, motherhood and mid-life crises

Millie's biological clock has been ticking for some time, and on the eve of her fortieth birthday the alarm bell starts ringing. She needs to have a baby and fast, but after months of fruitless trying, her husband Andrew is feeling like a walking sperm bank and their marriage is in crisis. Matters come to a head when Andrew's job relocates to London and Millie decides that if he won't stick around to get her pregnant, then she'll do it without him. Setting her sights on Spain, Millie embarks on a voyage of discovery ...

Praise for Clare Dowling: 'Sparkling and witty...a great beach read * Irish Tatler *
Very warm, very funny...witty and refreshingly honest * Irish World *
What sets this apart is the quality of the writing. It is great fun, a great read * RTE *
Dowling has an adept touch for light and warm-hearted women's fiction. She has a likeable tone and warm, funny characters and is similar in style to Marian Keyes... wonderfully entertaining * Sunday Tribune *

ISBN: 9780755341504

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 28mm

Weight: 292g

448 pages