Emily Collins is 34 weeks pregnant. Her ankles are swollen, her hair is falling out and she’s worried about the baby. Now she’s been passed over for promotion and, if that weren’t enough, it looks as if Conor, her concert-pianist husband, may have been running his fingers over more than the ivories…

Depressed, demoted and about to deliver, Emily’s admitted to hospital. But she’s not going to take this lying down…

‘Very funny and original’
Cathy Kelly

‘Very warm, very funny… witty and refreshingly honest’
Irish World

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