We’ve heard that mommy lit is the new big thing and we’ve looked at busy single mums, but what if the bundle of joy is a bolt from the blue?
Adele Parks’s Larger Than Life follows Georgina’s unplanned pregnancy. As her pregnancy progresses, her character develops from being the type of self absorbed city slicker most people would prefer to hide from in the toilets than speak to at a function, to being a more thoughtful and considerate woman with a redeeming feature or two.
Something Blue by Emily Giffin is the sequel to Something Borrowed in which Darcy’s best friend fell in love with her boyfriend. Something Blue now follows Darcy, as she takes herself and her surprise pregnancy to London to make a new start.
Carry on over the cut for the third bouncing baby ... I mean, book.
Jill Mansell’s Solo centres around Tessa, a strong-minded young painter, who finds herself in trouble after an ill-considered one night stand. The bulk of the novel is taken up with her life after this point, and (of course) lots of interesting encounters with the father-to-be.
