- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books (Aug 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345460111
- ISBN-13: 978-0345460110
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,796,626 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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At thirty-eight, Trudy Herring is a dreamer, a sculptor of whimsical clay figures, and a permanent temporary worker at the San Antonio Museum of Folk Art. But all that changes when she agrees to incubate a child for Hillary Goettler (her boss) and Hillary’s husband. Trudy moves into their mansion and is instantly thrust into a luxurious world she’s never known before. While Hillary opines that parenthood is simply a “time-management problem,” Trudy is forced to consume noxiously healthy meals in a home where the decor changes faster than a Neiman Marcus window display. As her body warms to the other life inside, Trudy begins to long for her old flame, Sinclair Coker, “a freelance mystic with a lot of enthusiasm for the carnal.” The quest to satisfy her cravings leads Trudy to discover that it takes a lot more than war stories about childbirth and potty training for a woman to qualify for true membership in “the mommy club.”
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
What a funny outlook on pregnancy!
28 May 2002
Format:Hardcover
I was browsing through a book sale recently and saw this. Without a minute hesitation, I picked this book up and didn't regret it! Like Trudy, I am pregnant and having a character going through the same emotions, mood swings and hormonal changes ~~ really helps me to take my pregnancy lightly!! It is fun to have a character going through some of the same things you're going through!!
I have never heard of Sarah Bird, but I am really enjoying this novel. I must confess it was hard going at first, but kept plugging away and now, it's a really enjoyable book that I couldn't put down! I would never be a surrograte mom ~~ especially after reading about how Hilary keeps grabbing the moments away from Trudy ~~ pretending to have the same morning sickness, gaining sympathy weight and keeping a strict eye on Trudy ~~ making her eat wholesome food like brussel sprouts and spinach while she eats whatever she wants to eat ~~ all for the baby. It gets better!
It's a fun read ~~ something I'd consider passing onto my pregnant friends to help them forget the aches and pains that accompany every pregnancy for a few hours. It's a quick read as well ~~ and now, I'll be interested in any other Sarah Bird book I can lay hands on!! What a wonderful debut to a new author!
5-28-02
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Hilarious look at a surrogate pregnancy
16 Feb 1999
Format:Hardcover
Just like the likeable heroine of The Mommy Club I was pregnant for the first time when I read this book, which was recommended to me by a female friend at the pre-kids' stage. I don't think I've got a bad word to say about it: The Mommy Club is funky, funny, witty and wise and it simply whizzed round our book club of women (aged from our mid 20s to 40) where it has been a big hit. As soon as one of the members falls pregnant, I recommend she reads The Mommy Club! The novel is set in Texas and we live on the south-east coast of Africa but the humour and understanding of a woman's psyche is universal. Really a good read.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A comic meditation on pregnancy and motherhood
24 Dec 1998
Format:Paperback
Sarah Bird is one of the best novelists in the U.S., but she still seems to be a word-of-mouth phenomenom. MOMMY CLUB is one of the most accurate depictions of pregnancy I have ever read, anywhere. It describes the emotions and hormonal over-drive without the usual sticky sentimentality. If you like comic novels with emotional depth, and something quirky and off-beat, try MOMMY CLUB. It's a wonderful novel.
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