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The Baby Trail series

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Sinéad Moriarty poured all her experiences in trying to get pregnant for the first time into her debut novel The Baby Trail. Her heroine Emma Hamilton discovers that the road to conception is far from straightforward and her story is a moving and funny exploration of an experience so central to so many women's lives. The novel established Sinéad as a major talent in the tradition of Marian Keyes. 
 
TicktockticktockTICKTOCK ... That's Emma Hamilton's biological clock you can hear. She wants a baby and she wants one NOW. But when Mother Nature refuses to play ball, Emma decides to give her a prod - or two. 
 
Soon her life is a roller-coaster of post-sex handstands (you can't argue with gravity), hormone-inducing (sanity-reducing) drugs and a veritable army of probing specialists (torturers, more like). It's out with the booze and spontaneous sex, in with green tea and ovulation tests. 
 
Emma couldn't have conceived that the road to pregnancy would turn into the mother of all journeys. But she's finding out that once you're on the baby trail, nothing is sacred - and one way or another, life will never be the same again ... 
 
Sinéad Moriarty's novels have sold over half a million copies in Ireland and the UK and she is a four times nominee for the popular fiction Irish Book Award. She has won over readers and critics telling stories that are funny, humane, moving and relevant to modern women. The Baby Trail was Sinéad's first novel and her distinctive voice, and trademark mix of light and shade, announced that a fabulous new talent had arrived.

Emma and James, Novel 1

Will make you laugh out loud one minute and wipe away a rogue tear the next

Moriarty's Emma has the wit of Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, mixed with the Murphy's Law luck of Bridget Jones

Very funny, with a cast of wonderful supporting characters and an unpredictable ending. Marian Keyes, you have some competition

The pace is fast and furious ... a real page-turner

Lots of tears and even more laughs ... a confident debut

Funny - side-splittingly so, which is a difficult balance to strike considering the weight of the subject matter

Mix Bridget Jones with Charlotte from Sex and the City and you've got Emma, the charming heroine of The Baby Trail, and a funny, feisty guide through the realities and hilarities of twenty-first century baby-making. A terrific read ...

Sinéad Moriarty's novels have sold over 700,000 copies in Ireland and the UK. She has won over readers and critics by telling stories that are humane, moving and relevant to modern women. She lives in her native Dublin with her husband and their three children.

TicktockticktockTICKTOCK ... That's Emma Hamilton's biological clock. She wants a baby and she wants one NOW! But when Mother Nature refuses to play ball, Emma decides to give her a prod - or two. 
 
Emma couldn't have conceived that the road to pregnancy would turn into the mother of all journeys. But she discovers that once you're on the baby trail, nothing is sacred - and one way or another, life will never be the same again ...

The Baby Trail

In her second novel, A Perfect Match, Sinéad Moriarty tells the story of Emma Hamilton who embarks on the path to adopting a baby when she and her husband can't conceive. It manages to be both hilarious and incredibly moving is comparable to the writing of Marian Keyes in its ability to balancing of light and shade. 
 
After two years of being deafened by the TICKTOCK of her biological clock and tormented by Mother Nature's refusal to grant her a baby, Emma Hamilton decides to go for the instant solution: finding a Russian baby in need of a home. 
 
But Emma hasn't reckoned on the route to adoption being so complicated. Between proving that she's fit to be a mother (by inventing an unblemished past and discovering an unsuspected talent for housekeeping), driving her long-suffering husband insane with madcap schemes to make them the perfect would-be parents (a few Russian verbs a night and they'll be fluent in no time), and tripping over red tape every step of the way (who knew social workers could be so terrifying?) Emma finds out that adoption is far from the easy option - and that perfection has very little to do with finding the perfect match. 
 
Sinéad Moriarty's novels have sold over half a million copies in Ireland and the UK and she is a four times nominee for the popular fiction Irish Book Award. She has won over readers and critics telling stories that are funny, humane, moving and relevant to modern women. A Perfect Match is a follow-up to The Baby Trail, but it also stands on its own as a complete story.

Emma and James, Novel 2

A touching tale with just the right amount of humour

Both an enjoyable easy read, while also managing to chime with subtle emotional resonance around an original and thought-provoking subject

Moriarty's realistic dialogue and plot, her engaging multi-faceted characters, and her humour and sensitivity in the face of complex issues quickly drew me in

Moriarty has a gift for seeing the lighter side of things

Moriarty writes with a brash and spontaneous eloquence

After two years of being tormented by Mother Nature's refusal to grant her a baby, Emma Hamilton and her husband James decide to go for the instant solution: finding a Russian baby in need of a home. But they haven't reckoned on the route to adoption being so complicated .... 
 
Emma and James discover that adoption is far from the easy option - and that perfection has very little to do with finding the perfect match.

A Perfect Match

Delicious, funny and touching, From Here to Maternity is Sinéad Moriarty's final installment of Emma Hamilton's struggles to become a mother. 
 
'Brilliantly eccentric and utterly charming - we love this!' OK Magazine 
 
From Here to Maternity tells the story of Emma Hamilton who embarks on the path to adopting a baby when she and her husband can't conceive. Just as Emma Hamilton and her husband James become parents of an eight-month-old Russian baby, Yuri, they find out that Emma is pregnant. Which is a bit of a shock since they had come to terms with not being able to have children. 
 
Emma discovers that having her dreams come true brings a whole new set of problems as she is faced with well-meaning friends and family - and not-so-well-meaning maternity Nazis - telling her how to be a mother. 
 
Only her wonderful calm long-suffering husband, a mad family that makes her look like the down-to-earth sensible one, and fantastic friends whose lives are even crazier than her own, keep Emma from losing it. 
 
'Enjoyable and endearing' Closer 
 
'[Moriarty has] an unexpected flair for side-splitting humour and fun' Evening Herald

Emma and James, Novel 3

Brilliantly eccentric and utterly charming - we love this! - OK Magazine

Brilliantly eccentric and utterly charming - we love this!

Hilarious ... quirky and convincing characters

[Moriarty has] an unexpected flair for side-splitting humour and fun

Action-packed ... the characters are likeable and the snappy prose moves events along at a pace

Delicious, funny and touching final installment of Emma Hamilton's struggles to become a mother. 
 
Just as Emma and her husband James become parents of eight-month-old Russian baby, Yuri, they also find out that Emma is pregnant. Emma discovers that having her dreams come true brings a whole new set of problems as she is faced with well-meaning friends and family - and not-so-well-meaning maternity Nazis - telling her how to be a mother. 
 
Only her wonderful calm long-suffering husband, a mad family that makes her look like the down-to-earth sensible one, and fantastic friends whose lives are even crazier than her own, keep Emma from losing it, and in the end she comes through with her usual mix of humour, good-natured hysteria and real heart.

From Here to Maternity

'A perfect mix of intrigue, emotion and humour, this is a really gripping and enjoyable read****' Closer 
 
'The inevitable comparisons with Marian Keyes are justified and well deserved - Moriarty's characters are likeable, well developed and funny****' Heat 
 
Sinéad Moriarty's riveting novel, Mad About You, makes you stop and think about the importance of trust in relationships - how fragile it can be, how easily damaged, how hard to repair. Sinéad combines the storytelling genius of Jodi Picoult, and the compassion and humour of Marian Keyes, in a gripping story of contemporary marriage. 
 
Emma and James Hamilton have weathered lots of storms in their ten-year marriage. From the heartbreak of infertility, to the craziness of then becoming parents to two babies in one year, to coping with James losing his job, somehow they have always worked as a team. 
 
However, the pressure of moving for James's new job puts them under stress like never before. So when James starts getting texts from a stranger - texts that show startling insights into their lives - Emma is not sure what to think. She is far from home, isolated and before long finds herself questioning everything about their relationship. 
 
Somehow she has to get a grip, but how can she do that when a stranger seems set on driving Emma out of her home and her marriage? 
 
'One of the brightest voices in modern women's fiction' Bella

Cecelia loses her chicklit crown to Sinéad

This book is as good as it gets in terms of chicklit polish and poise, humour and pain, pace and plot ... Sinéad Moriarty can still bring readers from hilarity to heartbreak with great deftness

Moriarty knows how to weave an engaging story ... [she] gives her fans all the escapism they crave

We loved Sinéad's latest read: touching, warm, funny and emotional. She has the gift of telling a very emotive story with grace and empathy

Emma and James Hamilton have weathered lots of storms in their ten-year marriage. However, the pressure of moving for James's new job puts them under stress like never before. So when James starts getting texts from a stranger - texts that show startling insights into their lives - Emma is not sure what to think. Maybe the life she believed to be solid and secure is just a mirage. 
 
Somehow she has to get a grip, but how can she do that when a stranger is set on driving Emma out of her home and her marriage?

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