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Trying

ebook / ISBN-13: 9781473663794

Price: £8.99

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Hilarious, heartbreaking, truthful and bold’ Dolly Alderton

Meet Olivia Galvin.


She knows she’s lucky. There’s the handsome husband. The sounds-pretty-good-on-paper job. A house they can just about afford. Loving, intrusive and completely bonkers extended family. Plus, she’s having more sex than she’s ever had in her life.

But the one thing she really wants seems to be the one thing she just can’t seem to have…

Capturing the stress, sex and sometime hilarity of trying for a baby, Olivia’s all-too-familiar battles with modern life make her question whether having it all is ever really worth it.

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Praise for Trying:

‘Side-splittingly relatable’ Bryony Gordon

‘God it’s powerful . . . Emily Phillips writes about love beautifully’ Marian Keyes

‘A deeply moving and raw story, told with great humour. An assured debut’ Louise O’Neill

‘Marian Keyes for the social media age’ Sunday Telegraph

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Reviews

I've just finished, I couldn't put it down! God, it's powerful, it brought up so many feelings in me. Emily Phillips writes so well, so funny and relatable. Also she writes about love BEAUTIFULLY . . . Funny, bittersweet and touching, this book will resonate with anyone who is 'trying'
Marian Keyes, author of THE BREAK
Funny and warm and brilliant
Lucy Vine, author of HOT MESS
Captures that painful, haywire feeling of wanting something so badly and the all-consuming nature of trying but not getting.
Helen Russell
A deeply moving and raw story, told with great humour. An assured debut from Emily Phillips.
Louise O'Neill, author of ALMOST LOVE and ONLY EVER YOURS
An irreverently funny book that will resonate with anyone who's ever been trying
Red Magazine
Hilarious and relatable . . . A warm and funny book
Grazia
A tender and funny story
Prima
A funny but uplifting novel
Daily Mirror
TRYING is a wonderfully funny novel about a young women who is "trying" in all aspects of her life. Not only is she trying to climb the ladder at work but she is also hoping to start a new family. This book is relatable and incredibly heartwarming as you see Olivia struggle through the big life questions that we all fear
Yorkshire Evening Post
Funny, honest and thought-provoking. *****
Heat Magazine
A funny, complex debut
Emerald Street
Moving
Bella Magazine
A moving but funny read
Closer Magazine
A brilliant read
Stylist
Read it - think Marian Keyes for the social media age
Sunday Telegraph
Hilarious, heartbreaking, truthful and bold
Dolly Alderton, author of EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE
Side-splittingly relatable
Bryony Gordon, author of MAD GIRL and EAT RUN DRINK