
Going It Alone
Clare Dowling(Author)
Headline Review (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 13. November 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-7553-4150-4 (ISBN)
Description
Millie's biological clock has been ticking for some time, and on the eve of her fortieth birthday the alarm bell starts ringing. She needs to have a baby and fast, but after months of fruitless trying, her husband Andrew is feeling like a walking sperm bank and their marriage is in crisis. Matters come to a head when Andrew's job relocates to London and Millie decides that if he won't stick around to get her pregnant, then she'll do it without him. Setting her sights on Spain, Millie embarks on a voyage of discovery ...
Reviews / Votes
Praise for Clare Dowling: 'Sparkling and witty...a great beach read * Irish Tatler * Very warm, very funny...witty and refreshingly honest * Irish World * What sets this apart is the quality of the writing. It is great fun, a great read * RTE * Dowling has an adept touch for light and warm-hearted women's fiction. She has a likeable tone and warm, funny characters and is similar in style to Marian Keyes... wonderfully entertaining * Sunday Tribune *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
292 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7553-4150-4 (9780755341504)
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Person
Clare Dowling began her career as an actress and has worked in theatre, film and radio. As a writer, she has had drama and children's fiction published, and has had several short films produced. As well as adult fiction, she writes scripts for Ireland's top soap, Fair City. She lives in Dublin with her family.