Dear Thing

Claire And Ben Are The Perfect Couple. But Behind The Glossy Fa Ade, They've Been Desperately Trying U And Failing U To Have A Baby For Years. Now, The Stress And Feelings Of Loss Are Taking Their Toll On Their Marriage. Claire's Ready To Give Up Hope And Get On With Her Life, But Ben Is Not. And Then Ben's Best Friend, Romily, Offers To Conceive Via Artificial Insemination And Carry The Baby For Them. Romily Acts In Good Faith, Believing It Will Be Easy To Be A Surrogate. She's Already A Single Mother, And Has No Desire For Any More Children. Except That Being Pregnant With Ben's Child Stirs Up All Sorts Of Emotions In Her, Including One She's Kept Hidden For A Very Long Time: Ben's The Only Man She's Ever Loved. Two Mothers And One Baby Who Belongs To Both Of Them, And Which Only One Of Them Can Keep. You'd Give Your Friends Anything -- But What If They Wanted Your Baby? -- Cover. -claire And Ben Are The Perfect Couple. But Behind The Glossy Fa Ade, They've Been Desperately Trying U And Failing U To Have A Baby For Years. Now, The Stress And Feelings Of Loss Are Taking Their Toll On Their Marriage. Claire's Ready To Give Up Hope And Get On With Her Life, But Ben Is Not. And Then Ben's Best Friend, Romily, Offers To Conceive Via Artificial Insemination And Carry The Baby For Them. Romily Acts In Good Faith, Believing It Will Be Easy To Be A Surrogate. She's Already A Single Mother, And Has No Desire For Any More Children. Except That Being Pregnant With Ben's Child Stirs Up All Sorts Of Emotions In Her, Including One She's Kept Hidden For A Very Long Time: Ben's The Only Man She's Ever Loved. Two Mothers And One Baby Who Belongs To Both Of Them, And Which Only One Of Them Can Keep. Julie Cohen. "After years of watching her best friends Ben and Claire try for a baby, Romily has offered to give them the one thing that they want most. Romily expects it will be easy to be a surrogate. She's already a single mother, and she has no desire for any more children. But Romily isn't prepared for the overwhelming feelings that have taken hold of her and which threaten to ruin her friendship with Ben and Claire-and even destroy their marriage. Now there are three friends, two mothers and only one baby, and an impossible decision to make ... Thought-provoking, heart-rending but ultimately uplifting, Julie Cohen's Dear Thing is a book you won't be able to put down, until you pass it on to your best friends"-- Provided by publisher "This is the story of Claire and Ben, who are perfectly in love - in fact, perfect in almost every way. Except one. They can't have a baby. It's also the story of Ben's best friend Romily, who, after years of watching Ben and Claire suffer, offers to have a baby for them. But being pregnant stirs up all sorts of feelings in Romily - feelings she'd rather keep buried, but can't. Suddenly this situation involves two mothers - and one baby who belongs to both of them, but whom only one of them can keep ..."--Publisher description. After Years Of Watching Her Best Friends Ben And Claire Try For A Baby, Romily Offered To Give Them The One Thing They Most Wanted. But Romily Wasn't Prepared For The Overwhelming Feelings That Have Taken Hold Of Her And Which Threaten To Ruin Her Friendship With Ben And Claire - And Even Destroy Their Marriage. Now There Are Three Friends, Two Mothers And Only One Baby, And An Impossible Decision To Make . . .