Trying - Hardcover

Phillips, Emily

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1473663806 ISBN 13: 9781473663800

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2019

Synopsis

From the 'Marian Keyes of the social media age' comes Trying, a hilarious novel about what to expect when you're not expecting

'Brilliant' Stylist
'Funny, bittersweet and touching . . . I couldn't put it down!' Marian Keyes

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Olivia and Felix are trying for a baby. They even moved to the suburbs in anticipation of their future family. But despite approaching her cycle and their sex life with military precision, there's still no sign of what felt like the sure next step, whilst friends' broods seem to be growing by the week. Meanwhile, vying for a promotion at work under the (very attentive) watch of a new boss sends Olivia down a dangerous road of risking it all. Does a happy ever after, she starts to question, even have to include a baby?

A hugely funny, searingly honest comedy for fans of Sharon Horgan's Catastrophe, Dawn O'Porter's The Cows and Mhairi McFarlane's It's Not Me, It's You.

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More praise for Trying:
'A tender and funny story' Prima
'Warm and brilliant' Lucy Vine, author of Hot Mess
'A deeply moving and raw story, told with great humour' Louise O'Neill, author of Asking for It

About this title

About the Author

Emily Phillips' two main life goals have always been: to write a book and to have a baby. As Grazia's Features Director, she's helped change the law to close the pay gap, written on everything from over-committing to egg donation, and interviewed the likes of Amy Poehler and Jane Birkin. Her career highlight was when Jamie Dornan told her (while taking his top off) that his murderous character in The Fall would've found her 'right up his street'. She lives in London with her husband and two cats.

Her first novel, TRYING, is a hugely funny and searingly honest comedy about what to expect when you're not expecting.

Review

Funny, honest and thought-provoking. *****―Heat Magazine

TRYING is a wonderfully funny novel about a young women who is "trying" in all aspects of her life. Not only is she trying to climb the ladder at work but she is also hoping to start a new family. This book is relatable and incredibly heartwarming as you see Olivia struggle through the big life questions that we all fear―Yorkshire Evening Post

Side-splittingly relatable―Bryony Gordon, author of MAD GIRL and EAT RUN DRINK

Read it - think Marian Keyes for the social media age―Sunday Telegraph

I've just finished, I couldn't put it down! God, it's powerful, it brought up so many feelings in me. Emily Phillips writes so well, so funny and relatable. Also she writes about love BEAUTIFULLY . . . Funny, bittersweet and touching, this book will resonate with anyone who is 'trying'―Marian Keyes, author of THE BREAK

Hilarious, heartbreaking, truthful and bold―Dolly Alderton, author of EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE

Funny and warm and brilliant―Lucy Vine, author of HOT MESS

Captures that painful, haywire feeling of wanting something so badly and the all-consuming nature of trying but not getting.―Helen Russell

An irreverently funny book that will resonate with anyone who's ever been trying―Red Magazine

A deeply moving and raw story, told with great humour. An assured debut from Emily Phillips.―Louise O'Neill, author of ALMOST LOVE and ONLY EVER YOURS

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1473663806
• ISBN 13: 9781473663800
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 384