Sarah Bilston Books

After the pregnancy from hell, motherhood has to be plain sailing, doesn t it? Quinn 'Q' Boothroyd is in for a shock. And baby Samuel isn t the only thing on Q s mind - she and her husband Tom have some difficult decisions to make about their future. When a chance opportunity introduces them to an eccentric small-town lawyer, the couple s integrity - and their marriage - is tested to the limit.Meanwhile Jeanie, Q's younger sister, is having problems of her own. Boyfriend Dave seems dangerously close to popping the question, but is she ready to settle down? It s sleepless nights all round this summer: one woman will wake up to motherhood, the other to becoming an adult. Both must dare to make their beds - and lie in them.

In a charming and witty novel in the tradition of Allison Pearson and Sophie Kinsella, Sarah Bilston tells the story of a busy career woman who finds her pregnancy a breeze -- until she's ordered off her feet for complete and total bed rest. Quinn "Q" Boothroyd is a young British lawyer married to an American and living in New York City. She's checked off most of the boxes on her "Modern Woman's List of Things to Do Before Hitting 30," and her busy working life has been relatively painless. But when her doctor tells her she must spend the last three months of her pregnancy lying in bed, Q is thrown into a tailspin. Initially bored and frustrated, Q soon fills her days by trying to reconnect with her workaholic husband, provide legal advice for her sweet Greek neighbor, forge new emotional bonds with her mother and sisters, and figure out who will keep her stocked up in cookies and sandwiches. Q experiences adventures on the couch she never would have encountered in the law firm and learns a lot about herself and what she wants out of life -- above all, about the little one growing inside her.

Sarah Bilston ist gebürtige Engländerin und hat in London und Oxford studiert. Mittlerweile lebt sie in Connecticut, USA, und unterrichtet am Trinity College in Hartford. «Die Sofaprinzessin» war ihr erster Roman. Anja Schünemann studierte Literaturwissenschaft und Anglistik in Wuppertal. Seit 2000 arbeitet sie als freiberufliche Übersetzerin der verschiedensten Genres und hat seitdem große Romanprojekte und Serien von namhaften Autorinnen und Autoren wie Philippa Gregory, David Gilman sowie Robert Fabbri aus dem Englischen ins Deutsche übertragen. Historische Romane sind eines ihrer Spezialgebiete: Von der Antike bis zum Mittelalter, in die frühe Neuzeit sowie bis ins 20. Jahrhundert verfügt sie über einen reichen Wissensschatz, der ihre Übersetzungen zu einem gelungenen Leseerlebnis macht.