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Trying
- Author
- Emily Phillips
- Narrator
- Nathalie Buscombe
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 25 January 2018
- Run Time
- 9 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 4.0 (1 review)
What to expect
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Written by Grazia magazine's Features Director, this is a novel about a woman who is trying, and so far failing, to conceive.
A hugely funny, searingly honest comedy about to expect when you're not expecting.
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?
This is standout, intelligently written commercial fiction for fans of Sharon Horgan's Catastrophe, Dawn O'Porter's The Cows and Mhairi McFarlane's It's Not Me, It's You.
(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Critics Review
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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
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Hilarious, heartbreaking, truthful and bold
Dolly Alderton, author of EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE
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Side-splittingly relatable
Bryony Gordon, author of MAD GIRL and EAT RUN DRINK
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Funny and warm and brilliant
Lucy Vine, author of HOT MESS
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Read it - think Marian Keyes for the social media age
Sunday Telegraph
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Funny, honest and thought-provoking. *****
Heat Magazine
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A tender and funny story
Prima
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Hilarious and relatable . . . A warm and funny book
Grazia
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An irreverently funny book that will resonate with anyone who's ever been trying
Red Magazine
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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
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A moving but funny read
Closer Magazine
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A brilliant read
Stylist
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A funny but uplifting novel
Daily Mirror
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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
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Captures that painful, haywire feeling of wanting something so badly and the all-consuming nature of trying but not getting.
Helen Russell
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A funny, complex debut
Emerald Street
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Moving
Bella Magazine
User Reviews
Book 4.0
Narration 5.0
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Details
- Author
- Emily Phillips
- Narrator
- Nathalie Buscombe
- Duration
- 9 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 January 2018
- ISBN
- 9781473683693
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
- Rating
- 4.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
'Funny, bittersweet and touching. Will resonate with anyone who is "trying"' - MARIAN KEYES*********Written by Grazia magazine's Features Director, this is a novel about a woman who is trying, and so far failing, to conceive.A hugely funny, searingly honest comedy about to expect when you're not expecting.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? This is standout, intelligently written commercial fiction for fans of Sharon Horgan's Catastrophe, Dawn O'Porter's The Cows and Mhairi McFarlane's It's Not Me, It's You. (P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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