Thursday, December 22, 2011

"Babyville" by Jane Green review

Babyville is spectacular novel exploring world of three London girls reaching motherhood and how it affects each of them differently. Having read first time, i enjoyed the triumph in the end after all the heartbreaking break-ups, misunderstanding, humiliation and yearnings to have different life. 
Julia, journalist working London's big time television company having successful career and married to heart throbbing rugged lawyer, in other words living a perfect life except just one thing. She was unhappy and her life was dull going through same cycle everyday compared to cheerful partying life she had before she met with Mark, her boy friend for 4 years. She was outgoing, independent, sociable, and extrovert liked to be surrounded by people all the time but now she is temperamental loner with full of mess. It was affecting Mark just as badly as Julia. She wanted to have baby with her partner to save their broken relationship even if it is unfair for a unborn child. They tried desperately and tirelessly to have a child but it just did not happen. Maybe it is time for them to pick up a spoon and try different flavors or maybe not.
Maeve, also journalist who coincidentally replaced Julia's post because she was taking sabbatical trying for baby. She puts career before anything else. She is used to sleeping with a man in authority to have a promotion. Having grown without father, she looked up to her mother for role model and a best friend. She was master at seducing man and using it for her advantage too.However, the turning point came just when she was aiming for CEO of the Television company. She became pregnant from Mark, Julia's boyfriend, after having chat one or two hours in bar. It was either accidental and not planned for they had instant passion for each other at the moment. The baby was a last thing on Maeve's mind and she is planning an abortion but should she tell Mark that he is a father? and How would Mark react when he knows he had a baby with someone other than Julia?
Sam is small plump woman who likes to laugh loud(sorry for poor description). Sam is graphic designer and just took maternity leave from work when she gave birth to George, likes to call him GeorGenius. Actually her newborn son was only thing holding the relationship with his husband. She was fed up with him for being boring and not charming and on top of all earning exactly same wage when she married with him 6 years ago. Suddenly, she met Dan, tall, handsome and wealthy married journalist in newspaper. He melted her heart first time she saw him. She fantasized about kissing him and irresistibly attracted to him. After meeting him couple of times she schemes a plan get together with Dan and divorce her yet-to-be-ex-husband Chris. But is it really worth it? Is Dan thinking same things as Sam's? Can he be really as good as he looked?

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