Bed Rest
Sarah Bilston(Author)
Sphere (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 2007
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-84744-012-9 (ISBN)
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Description
In this humorous and touching debut, Sarah Bilston examines what happens to a first-time mother who becomes imprisoned in her flat due to prenatal complications. Q is a young English lawyer married to an American and living in New York. She's ticked off most of the boxes on her list of Things To Do Before I'm Thirty and her life so far has been relatively painless. But when her doctor tells her she must spend the last three months of her pregnancy lying in bed, Q is thrown into a tailspin - her social life must stop and the inertia that follows plunges her relationship with her friends, family and husband into chaos.
Reviews / Votes
'Sarah Bilston has written a very clear-sighted novel about how tough it is for women to juggle career, marriage and childbirth - I laughed out loud and I couldn't put it down' Marian Keyes ** 'Even if you've never been pregnant you'll be as instantly hooked on this addictive novel as I was. While most of us dream of days on end in bed with nothing to do but eat and watch television, Q shows us the true nature of being a caged animal ' Plum Sykes, author of BERGDORF BLONDESMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84744-012-9 (9781847440129)
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Person
Sarah Bilston is British but lives in Connecticut. She is an academic and teaches at Trinity College, Hartford. She is married with one daughter.