Julia worries that her relationship with Mark has turned stale. She thinks a baby will put love back into their lives. But is a child really the answer? Julia's best friend Samantha is besotted with her new baby. But what's her sudden obsession doing to her marriage? And does Samantha's infatuation hide something much darker?

Highly commercial fiction from the author of )Mr Maybe( and )Bookends(, which has sold over 60,000 copies in its hardback edition, and which looks set to be a huge Summer read for 2002. Exploring the world of babies and parenthood, it will be backed by one of Penguin's biggest campaigns of the year. "Another sure-fire bestseller for Green" )The Times(.