27th October 2017
Dear Daughter-in-law and baby,
I hope you are enjoying your pregnancy - it's
one of the most beautiful stages in your life...
At which point I have
to stop reading the email to run to the toilet to throw up.
(Extract from The Pregnancy Diaries)
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Nine years after
the publication of Shop Girl Diaries, I've been writing a very different kind
of diary! The Pregnancy Diaries. It's an experience I couldn't resist writing
about, but which I didn't want to make public until I'd reached the third
trimester.
I'm being very
old-fashioned about it, writing only in pen and paper. Typing it up will be quite
a job as I've used the inkiest of biros and it's all very messy!
At the moment though,
the typing up of my diary is not my top priority; finishing my next novel is!
I've got a bump-shaped deadline reminding that I haven't got long. I always
thought 9 months sounded quite a lot, but time is flying! Baby is due on the
30th May - although only 5% of babies arrive on their due date - so let's see what
happens.
I'm hoping to finish
my 5th novel by then. Two books and a baby. Sounds good to me. As you can
imagine, the DH (dear husband) and I are very excited.
***
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