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Man of the Month Club
Jackie Clune
First Time in Paperback - trade size
A tart, funny, original novel about a would be single
mom's quest to find the right man at the right time, with
unexpectedand entertainingconsequences.
Amy Stokes has made a fortune designing and selling cutesy
luxury baby products for her own fancy London boutique. But,
ironically, she has never liked babies. Amy would rather
stay out late with her friends, and spend her money living
the fabulous lifedesigner clothes, a BMW convertible,
a chic modernist apartment with roof garden.
However, at thirty-nine, a few unplanned events turn Amy's
life inside out. She finds a baby abandoned on the doorstep
of her store, accidentally runs over her dog, and a couple
of her closest friends become pregnant. Suddenly, after
years of utter silence, her biological clock starts
tickingand loudly. In a rush of optimism, Amy decides
she wants to try for a baby, and she goes after her goal
with the same entrepreneurial can-do spirit that's always
worked in the past. But since she doesn't have a husband, or
even a boyfriend, she must find an acceptable guy to knock
her up.
Amy gives herself twelve months to accomplish her goal,
which leads to a merry-go-round of potential winners and
losers she dubs "the man of the month club." Yet she
discovers that choosing a father for her child is entirely
different from creating a business plan. And just when it
looks like she might have found the perfect man, fate throws
another curveball her way.
Berkley Trade, August 2007
ISBN #0425215571 336 pages Trade Size $14.00
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