Expecting Emily - Clare Dowling

I'm not an expert on "chick-lit", as I generally have a textbook close to hand; however this novel kept me laughing to the end. Clare Dowling is witty, light hearted in her writing style and keeps you reading. Emily is a heavily pregnant lawyer, who is frantically busy all of the time, which it wont surprise the reader that she is admitted to hospital with what could develop into pre-eclampsia, a potentially life threatening situaiton. She will do anything to be seen by a particular doctor, but ends up being the annoyance of his workload. Her and fellow pregnant women stage a sit in to try and save the hospital they are in, St Marthas. However, she ...  Read the complete review

After reading all the books my favourite authors I have written, I sat on Amazon for about an hour trying to find a new author to read and a few new books for myself. I came across this author via another I had read, and I decided I would give this novel a try. *About The Author* Clare Dowling is an Irish author from Kilkenny in Ireland. She first trained as an actress, and then began writing for the theatre and has had 5 theatre plays produced. She now lives in Dublin, and Expecting Emily is her first novel. She has since released another 3 novels. *The Novel* The cover had a quote by Cathy Kelly saying the novel was "Very funny and ...  Read the complete review