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Description edit
From the author of the smash hits Something Borrowed and Something Blue comes a novel that explores the question: is there ever a deal-breaker when it comes to true love? First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes . . . a baby carriage? Isn’t that what all women want? Not so for... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Claudia Parr: a successful editor at a Manhattan publishing house; married to Ben and doesn't want kids
- Benjamin Davenport: Claudia's husband
- Daphne: Claudia's older sister, who is married to Tony and is trying to have a baby
- Ethan Ainsley: One of the novelists Claudia represents, who also appears in Something Borrowed and Something Blue
- Maura: Claudia's oldest sister, who is married to a serial cheater named Scott
- Richard Margo: The head of publicity at Claudia's publishing house
- Jess: Claudia's best friend since college
- Michael Brighton: Claudia's close friend and co-worker
- Trey: Jess's (married) boyfriend
- Zoe: Maura's daughter, Claudia's niece
- Dwight: Claudia's stepfather
- Vera: Claudia's mother
- Annie: Ben and Claudia's friend; the wife in the only couple that both Ben and Claudia could claim after the divorce. She and her husband, Ray, have just announced a pregnancy at the beginning of the book.
- Ray: Ben and Claudia's friend; the husband in the only couple that both Ben and Claudia could claim after the divorce. He and his wife, Annie, have just announced a pregnancy at the beginning of the book.
- Scott: Maura's husband, who has cheated multiple times
- Tony: Daphne's husband
- TuckerJanssen: Ben's running buddy
Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- Huntington: The town on Long Island where the Parr girls grew up
- Lake Como: A lake in Lombardy, Italy, Claudia and Ben had planned to visit for their fifth wedding anniversary
- St. John: Caribbean destination in the U.S. Virgin Islands where Ben and Claudia go on a whirlwind vacation
First Sentence edit
I never wanted to be a mother.
Table of Contents edit
32 Numbered Chapters.
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Series & Lists edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Emily Giffin (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 9780312348656
Page Count: 368
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 9780312348656
Page Count: 368
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3607.I28 B33
- Dewey: 813.6
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