Little Disasters: the compelling and thought-provoking new novel from the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Anatomy of a Scandal

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But now that things are becoming less spooky and more Merry, I am ready to pick up some fun Regency romances again and this one sounds like it’s going to be right up my alley!

The mother denies she knew about any injury, but admits that the girl fell while trying to pull herself up from a crawling position when her back was turned. The women in this book have been friends since their first antenatal class with their first children. Jess had taken quite some persuading, had insisted that Bets must just have a virus and initially accused him of overreacting.

From the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal—a new thought-provoking novel exploring the complexity of motherhood and all that connects and disconnects us. And that's all you are getting from me as this is a story that you just have to let it unfold without knowing too much ahead of time. For some postnatal mothers, OCD takes the form of intrusive thinking about harming their baby,” she explains.

I was intrigued about the mothers I saw around me: really highly qualified, capable women, flinging so much energy into the cakes they cooked up for school bake sales,” Vaughan says. El libro se estructura en capítulos cortos, en distintos planos temporales, antes, durante y después del incidente, con algún salto a años anteriores a los hechos. There is much suspicion and speculation regarding what really happened on the day the toddler was injured. Little Disasters unfolds in a clearly marked timeline at the top of each new chapter that highlights the day, date and time in relation to the tragic accident involving a young girl named Betsey. The upshot is that Jess is suspected of harming her child, and a social worker, Lucy Stone, is assigned to oversee Jess's interactions with Betsey.

The main bulk of the story is made up of Liz, Jess and Jess's husband, Ed's, perspectives, but there are a few others sprinkled in.

The story goes backwards and forwards from the incident to their meeting at ante natal classes to the incident and beyond. Jess’s mental breakdown is distressing and you feel her pain as she tries to wipe away her problems with antibacterial spray. I received an Advanced Readers Copy from Atria/Emily Bestler Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. She and her physician husband bought a house in Cambridge, where he had taken a new job, and she did it up. Liz, a pediatric doctor, is surprised when one of her closest friends, Jess, brings her baby, Betsey, to Emergency Services.On a personal note, being childless, and at the time finding doctors and counsellors dismissive of my feelings, it was difficult for me to connect with the four mothers and they did not resonate with me. Liz, Jess, Charlotte, and Mel met in prenatal group ten years ago, when each woman was expecting her first child.