Lauren Sams Lauren Sams i(8162861 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Motherhood, Magazines and Political Mayhem Lauren Sams , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Good Reading , February 2017; (p. 20-21) 'Sydney-based novelist Lauren Sams, author of She's Having Her Baby, has worked for magazines such as Marie Claire, Elle and Cosmopolitan. Her new book, Crazy Busy Guilty, reprises the heroine Georgie Henderson, who tries frantically to juggle work and family. We spoke recently with Lauren, who talked about the US election, writer's block and wacky parenting strategies.' (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon Crazy Busy Guilty : A Novel Lauren Sams , Carlton : Black Inc. , 2017 10451886 2017 single work novel

'There’s life Before Baby and life After Baby. Any idiot knows that. I knew that. Except I didn’t know what life After Baby would really be like . . .

'Georgie Henderson is having a bad year. As a new – working – mum, she strives to be Sheryl Sandberg at work and Martha Stewart at home. But she’s discovering that in the twenty-first century being a Good Working Mum means answering emails at midnight while you purée vegetables and line up play dates and French lessons for your four-month-old daughter.

'Georgie’s ex, Jase, gets 100 per cent of the credit for 5 per cent of the work, and her best friend, Nina, is on a ‘self-discovery’ journey that involves a 25-year-old bartender and a plan to become an artisanal florist. And all Georgie’s mum wants is for Georgie to find a man. Preferably the one who is the father of her child . . . ' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon She's Having Her Baby Lauren Sams , Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2015 8162879 2015 single work novel

'Georgie Henderson doesn't want to have kids, but her best friend, Nina Doherty, has wanted to have a baby for as long as she can remember. Sadly, Nina's uterus refuses to cooperate. One drunken evening, Nina asks Georgie for the ultimate favour: would she carry a baby for her? Georgie says yes . . . and spends the next nine months discovering what she's got herself into.

'With intense bacon-and-egg roll cravings, a foundering friendship and distant memories of what her feet look like, Georgie also tries to keep it all together in her dream job as the editor of Jolie, a magazine whose readership is shrinking as fast as Georgie's waist is expanding.

'She's Having Her Baby is an entertaining story about pregnancy, dating and modern parenting, and – ultimately – the indomitable power of female friendship.' (Publication summary)
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