Just Like Proper Grown-Ups
Christina Hopkinson
- 'You
- don't
- really
- grow
- up
- until
- you
- either
- have
- a
- kid
- or
- one
- of
- your
- parents
- dies.'
- Glamorously
- carefree
- and
- nearing
- forty,
- Tess
- shows
- no
- sign
- of
- settling
- down.
- That
- is,
- until
- she
- drops
- a
- bombshell
- on
- four
- of
- her
- friends:
- she's
- pregnant,
- and
- has
- chosen
- them
- as
- godparents.
- Yet
- while
- they
- rally
- round
- the
- single
- mother,
- each
- one
- is
- struggling
- to
- face
- the
- realities
- of
- adulthood.
- Sierra
- may
- be
- only
- twenty-three
- but
- her
- mother
- is
- so
- irresponsible
- that
- she's
- had
- to
- grow
- up
- fast.
- Michael
- is
- too
- busy
- searching
- for
- Mrs
- Right
- to
- worry
- about
- collecting
- the
- essential
- accessories
- of
- spice
- racks
- or
- investment
- saucepans,
- while
- Owen
- eases
- the
- pain
- of
- a
- mid-life
- identity
- crisis
- with
- a
- string
- of
- unsuitable
- fiancées.
- Only
- Lucy
- has
- the
- trappings
- and
- offspring
- of
- a
- proper
- grown-up,
- but
- is
- terrified
- of
- ageing.
- On
- a
- challenging
- and
- hilarious
- journey
- through
- birth,
- Botox,
- bad
- sex
- and
- beyond,
- all
- five
- friends
- must
- discover
- that
- while
- growing
- old
- is
- inevitable,
- growing
- up
- is
- optional
- .
- . .
