Baby Mother

By Andrea Taylor

A high-flying lawyer has her whole life mapped out. Bent on becoming top in her field and with no time to waste on men, her only worry is keeping her wayward sister from becoming pregnant by some absentee father. Fate turns the tables when it is the upewardly mobile laywer who finds that she is to become.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1874509166
• ISBN13: 9781874509165
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: UNKNO
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.7" x 0.7" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

A book that relates to single mothers.

A higly professional lawyer, Jennifer Edwards had little time for men. She was too busy trying to become the next barrister. Her teenage sister Donna was the opposite. Jennifer worried that if her teenage sister Donna didn't turn down her wild lifestyle of parties and boys she would get pregnant by some absentee father like her best friend Shanika. She meets two men in her life. Tony Carnegie, a detective she met in court, and Paul Harvey, a legal eagle with an ambitious drive to be the first black prime minister of England. She chooses Paul because of his wealth and position. They two date for a couple of weeks and he pops the question to her. She happily accepts and they have sex. She learns that she is pregnant but is more excited because Paul is going to marry her and they will be a complete family. Paul, however, has changed plans. He calls off his engagement to Jennifer to marry the daughter of his political colleague. Jennifer is devastated and forced to confront single parenthood. Donna, her wild sister, is relieved that she isn't a baby mother but offers her sisterly support in aiding her in the delivery process and caring for the baby. Jennifer refuses to allow the term "baby mother" prevent her from gaining status, money, and a place in society. She gets back into the swing of life by dating the handsome detective she looked down on Tony Carnegie, going to an empowerment seminar, hanging out with her girlfriends, and of course, putting more emphasis on her career. Donna is bothered by the way Jennifer has ignored her parental duties to her son. Junior, already not having a father, needs his mother in his life. The three people he knows are his aunt, her best friend, and her best friend's daughter. While her sister is on holiday, she spends quality time alone with Junior. She realizes that money and status don't make up for the love of friends and family. Jennifer's relationship with Tony grows stronger. Tony proposes and she acceptss. The only thing standing in her way is her former love, Paul Harvey. He reappears into her life after an encounter at the hotel. She is infuriated to spot him with his older white wife and is more upset that he wants custody of Junior, a child he hasn't seen in three years; but sends money every month. Tony has stumbled upon the diaries that Jennifer has kept and tells her she should publish these stories. She takes the chance and has signed a deal with X Press to publish her journals chronicling from pregnancy to now. The title of the book "Baby Mother: When a Man Leaves a Woman."