The Wives of Bath

Description

A tale of yummy mummies with flat brown tummies...Four parents-to-be seem ante-natally sorted. Flash Hugo and Amanda have booked a chic private clinic and royal maternity nurse. Right-on Jake and Alice want an all-natural home birth with whale music and tree-hugging nappies. But nothing goes quite to plan. Amanda finds motherhood less glam than the stars make it look and disappears back to her career. Which leaves Hugo with the child and without a clue what to do. Alice has problems too. Bringing up baby to Jake's eco-fascist standards means home-made organic everything and a recycled cardboard cot. Will nappiness bring happiness to anybody? Not before bedhopping spouses, beastly bosses and bitchy nursery mothers have all done their dreadful worst...

Wendy Holden was a journalist on The Sunday Times, Tatler and The Mail on Sunday before becoming a full-time author. She has published five previous novels, all Top Ten bestsellers, and is married with two young children.

'Pacey, witty chicory lit with a background of social commentary' Bournmouth Daily Echo, 22 Jan 05 -- Bournmouth Daily Echo 20050122 'Holden's sparkling prose leaves her novels head and shoulders above the chit-lit wannabes, and she's on top form here' Western Daily Press, 29 Jan 05 -- Western Daily Press 20050129 'A warm and amusing read' Heat, 15 Jan 05 -- Heat 20050115 'A hilarious tale' Practical Parenting, Feb 2005 -- Practical Parenting 20050201 'Wendy Holden's new comedy of manners is a satire on modern parenthood. Deliciously witty, and often touching, I think this is Wendy's best book to date' Isabel Wolf for the Daily Mail 30/5/05 -- Isabel Wolf for the Daily Mail 20050530 'Irresistible rom-com meets devilish satire' In Style, February 2005 -- In Style 20050201 'An outrageous novel that you'll want to devour in one sitting' Real magazine, 21 Jan 05 -- Real magazine 20050121 'Holden's comic talents show no sign of downsizing' Literary Review, Feb 05 -- Literary Review 20050205 'Delicious tale of anti-natal expectations versus the realities of parenthood that'll have you giggling into your beach towel' 13/8/05 Daily Express -- Daily Express 20050813 'Holden's comic talents show no sign of downsizing' Literary Review, Feb 05 -- Literary Review 20050205