Baby Proof - Emily Giffin

Giffin again crafts a story that is impossible to put down. Claudia and Ben are soul mates who decided long before their marriage that they never wanted children. Then their world is flipped upside down when one of them decides differently. Children are a so-called "deal breaker" in marriage - the commitment won't work if one spouse wants and the other does not, and this story explores a possible path taken in this scenario.

While not as comical as her previous two novels, Giffin's story shows interesting parallels and comparisons between Claudia's relationship and the marriages of her two sisters, one of whom has a cheating husband, and the other struggles to have a child of her own, and their mother, who left their father for a rich man who can support her in an extravagant, "showy" lifestyle.

The plot is sugar-coated - not all endings are as happy as the ones we see for the characters here - but it is, ultimately, a satisfying and uplifting story and a great summer read.

In Progress:
Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office -Lois P. Frankel
Four Past Midnight -Stephen King
Wicked -Gregory Maguire