Amelia Bradlow seems to have everything she needs to be happy – a handsome husband, a beautiful home, money, good looks and a glamour job. Everything, that is, except the thing she wants most –
a baby. Ed, her husband, is funny, affectionate and sophisticated but simply not interested in parenthood. He likes his life neat and tidy. And he likes having a wife who attends solely to his
needs. As she approaches 37, Amelia is faced with a life-changing decision, aided and abetted by Kiki, her hopelessly disorganised but ridiculously rich friend. Should Amelia stay in her nearly
happy marriage, or expose herself to the vagaries of single life and the distant possibility of meeting someone who wants to start a family? "At last we’ve found her, the female Seinfeld. Warm,
witty, wise and well-dressed, Alderson is the haute couture of humour." — Kathy Lette
