I read this book around 2013-2016 after getting it as a present from one of my family member. I remember it being British themed and also it was NY Times Bestseller. I do remember bits and pieces of the story but not a lot. She's a teacher, (maybe kindergarten?) She's got 2 best friends, one who married to a rich man but can't deal with him. I remember the MC having to break down the apartment door's of that friend because she was starving herself and throw her back out in the bathroom. The best friend that she fell in is a men magazine editor. They got together in one of her friend's wedding (?) or something but they got together and move in. She got pregnant and her water broke during class. I think he smokes a lot? She had a neighbor who lives across the street, an elderly spunky lady whose husband is into Green (sth) but basically he likes recycling and was even trying to convince her to recycle their own pee as water. I remember Braxton Hicks and it was the old lady who told the MC that she was pregnant. If it helps, I remember it being centered around some very mature themes. I don't know if I'll ever find this book. For some reason, after almost 10 years, it's like stuck to my head again and I can't seem to be able to even focus on my current reads. Thank you!
There's A Big Life Ahead Of Her. But Can She Find The Courage To Live It?Emma is twenty-six, pretty, intelligent, and happily living with her childhood sweetheart John in a cute little Dublin apartment. Her biggest problem is that her mother won't stop nagging her to get married already. Emma and John feel like the perfect couple, their future alive with possibilities. But There's A Big Life Ahead Of Her. But Can She Find The Courage To Live It?Emma is twenty-six, pretty, intelligent, and happily living with her childhood sweetheart John in a cute little Dublin apartment. Her biggest problem is that her mother won't stop nagging her to get married already. Emma and John feel like the perfect couple, their future alive with possibilities. But out of the blue, a tragedy throws her life into disarray, and Emma is suddenly, incomprehensibly, alone. As she emerges from grief, Emma has to find a whole new way of living, and her loyal friends rally round in an attempt to help. Clodagh, Emma's lifelong friend, with whom she's shared everything from mud pies to dating disasters. Anne and Richard, more-or-less happily married and debating a move to the country. Emma's brother Noel, the young Catholic priest, finding his own faith tested even as he tries to comfort Emma. Sean, the gorgeous bad boy of a thousand one-night stands, uncomfortably aware of his and Emma's growing connection. Witty, acerbic, and sometimes downright shocking, Emma documents the stories of her friends and her own recovery from grief with a candor that engages the reader from the very first page. With an amazing insight into the power of friendship and a wry, irreverent humor that considers no subject off-limits, talented new Irish writer Anna McPartlin tells a heartwarming story of the courage it takes to move past loss and learn to live. ...more