BABYPROOF BOOK UPDATE

BABYPROOF BOOK UPDATE

She was just as eager to answer a call from their nanny to hear an update on the whereabouts of George's favorite missing toy as she was to pick up the phone when her publicist called to tell her that 'Baby Proof' made the New York Times Top 10 best-seller list. San Francisco was just one stop on a six-week-long book tour during which she felt the pangs of being away from her own 2 1/2-year-old twin sons, George and Edward, who were home in Atlanta with their father.

Not everyone wants to take that path,' Giffin said as she watched children swing in Huntington Park on Nob Hill. 'There's an expectation on women that first comes love, then marriage and then the baby in the baby carriage. While bookstore shelves have long been lined with works that explore different 'Mommy War' perspectives, 'Baby Proof' is among the first to shed light on the women who opt out of the battle and childbearing altogether. Martin's Press), is the story of Claudia Parr, a 35-year-old book editor so opposed to becoming a mother that she divorces her husband when he broaches the subject of having a baby.

When it comes to writing stories that resonate with real women, best-selling author Emily Giffin has hit her stride. Call her books chick-lit - she doesn't mind.

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