Meternity, Meghann Foye
Meternity, Meghann Foye
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Meternity

Author: Meghann Foye

Narrator: Luci Christian

Unabridged: 10 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/26/2016


Synopsis

Not quite knocked up...

Like everyone in New York media, editor Liz Buckley runs on cupcakes, caffeine and cocktails. But at thirty-one, she’s plateaued at Paddy Cakes, a glossy baby magazine that flogs thousand-dollar strollers to entitled, hypercompetitive spawn-havers.

Liz has spent years working a gazillion hours a week picking up the slack for coworkers with kids, and she‘s tired of it. So one day when her stress-related nausea is mistaken for morning sickness by her bosses—boom! Liz is promoted to the mommy track. She decides to run with it and plans to use her paid time off to figure out her life: work, love and otherwise. It’ll be her “meternity” leave.

By day, Liz rocks a foam-rubber belly under fab maternity outfits. By night, she dumps the bump for karaoke nights and boozy dinners out. But how long can she keep up her charade...and hide it from the guy who might just be The One?

As her “due date” approaches, Liz is exhausted—and exhilarated—by the ruse, the guilt and the feelings brought on by a totally fictional belly-tenant…about happiness, success, family and the nature of love.

About Meghann Foye

Meghann Foye is the web editor at REDBOOK, where she covers topics such as parenting and infertility. Before that, she took her own #Meternity in 2010 to travel to China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia and Australia. From Marblehead, MA, she now lives in Jersey City. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Meagan

On paper, the premise of this book is perfect for me. I'm a childfree person (by choice, if that's not obvious), and I've seen firsthand a certain attitude about women without children that really makes me mad. I want to be clear that I don't hold any grudge against moms - working or otherwise. I th......more

Goodreads review by Ann

Meghann Foye didn't do herself any favors when she decided to write this piece for The New York Post. (It practically broke the Internet and triggered a backlash against the book.) I had already purchased a copy of the book by the time the brouhaha erupted, so I decided to go ahead and read it anywa......more

I know this book received a lot of attention due to the manufactured media outrage about its main plot point, but the people who are legitimately upset about the book's contents clearly didn't read it. I understand it's an offensive concept. Don't worry, the main character engages in plenty of hand-......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

Bleh. I'm not sure how to put this review into words, so I made a list. Likes: - Interesting plot idea Dislikes: - Lacked nuance - Extremely unrealistic dialogue and dynamics - Underdeveloped characters - The main character (Liz) would get on her soapbox and have monologues about issues and yet always......more