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A Grazia Book of the Year'Brilliantly explores the societal expectations put on women through the compelling Stevie, and gives us a worthy protagonist for this modern age' Harper's Bazaar''A daring, compelling novel about motherhood' CosmopolitanStevie's life seems full: she has a successful career and a glamorous social life in exhilarating New York. But what she wants most is a baby, an aspiration that feels impossible for a single woman in her late 30s. Determined to be a mother, Stevie returns home to London and has a baby on her own. Soon, though, she finds motherhood painfully at odds with her former life and Stevie wonders if she's made a terrible mistake. As she struggles with her new reality and what her future might hold, Stevie is forced to face difficult truths about her past and reconsider everything she believed about family and love.'Emotionally intelligent, compelling, raw and original' Daily Mail'By turns shocking and tender' Metro