¿Quién dijo que el embarazo es una bendición?
Eso se pregunta Lara Stone, que creía tenerlo todo: un esposo dócil, un Mercedes descapotable y un estupendo trabajo en un instituto para niños ricos que en verano le deja tres meses de vacaciones. Pero a Andrew, su marido, le entró el gusanillo de tener hijos tras quedarse maravillado con los embarazos de varios amigos...

Casi sin darse cuenta, cuando Lara vuelve en septiembre al trabajo empieza a ganar las tallas que le había costado horrores perder y, por si fuera poco, tiene una misión imposible por delante: conseguir que la hija díscola de un productor de Hollywood mejore su expediente para lograr plaza en una prestigiosa universidad. Mientras Lara comprueba con agobio que el embarazo es algo que continúa existiendo fuera de las tiendas de premamá, descubre, al lado de su problemática pupila, que los instintos maternales no son algo a lo que siempre pueda dar la espalda.

A punto de estallar es una ácida y descarada comedia sobre las sorpresas, algunas menos agradables que otras, que depara el estado –quien lo llamó así era un cretino– de buena esperanza.

ISBN-13: 9781615549917

What a great book! Lara's story was funny, honest and entertaining. When I first picked up the book, I wasn't sure that I would like it. Green's writing reminded me of Jennifer Lancaster, but I love Lancaster so much that Green wasn't measuring up. But, as I got further into the story, I began to like it a lot more.

While the book was about Lara's pregnancy, it also focused on her job as a college counselor at a rich preppy school. I couldn't imagine working in that type of environment but really enjoyed reading how Lara dealt with the difficult students. For someone who thought she didn't have any motherly instinct, she sure handled these kids well.

There were several bits and pieces of this book that were so funny that I found myself laughing out loud. Sometimes hysterically while trying to catch my breath! Lara was a lawyer before she went into counseling and there is an agreement that she and her husband made that literally almost made me pee my pants!

Overall, this was a fun, quick read. I had a lot of fun reading certain passages and parts to my friends and husband. ( )

Pressured to get pregnant by her husband, Lara is not excited at the prospect of having a baby. However, she decides to give in to his demands and then spends the rest of the book complaining about being pregnant. While the end result of pregnancy is wonderful (barring horrible tragedy), it is not a picnic for 9 months, so in a sense, it was nice to have another side presented. However, Lara was so whiny and bitchy about stupid, little stuff and her obsession with weight really got on my nerves. Despite the fact that Lara was very unlikeable, the book had me laughing out loud at moments and was completely addictive. ( )

A fun read, told from the point of view of a woman who *doesn't* want children, only to find out that her husband does. NOW. She then discovers, though the course of her pregnancy, that maybe she is, in fact, cut out for this whole motherhood gig.

Edited, 12-28-07: The book is WAY better than the television show of the same name, which is barely even remotely based on the book. It has the same characters, but that's pretty much where the similarities end. ( )