Having It All
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‘With my husband we had to wait forever for it to work,’ warned Susie, her tennis partner. ‘Not to mention me having to wank him like a Thai hooker all the time unless he did it himself. And then, just as you’re nodding off, there it’ll be, poking into your bum. And once it’s up, it’s up for hours.’
Laura had giggled, imagining an erotic puppet show with Mr Punch using his willy instead of the usual stick and chanting, ‘That’s the way to do it!’
On the whole she was glad Simon was sound asleep.
Having It All
Maeve Haran is an Oxford law graduate, former television producer and mother of three grown-up children. She started her writing career with the international bestseller, Having It All, which explored the dilemmas of balancing career and motherhood. Maeve has written eight further contemporary novels, two historical novels and one work of non-fiction.
Her books have been translated into twenty-six languages, two of which have been shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year award. She lives in North London with her husband, son and a very scruffy Tibetan terrier.
Also by Maeve Haran
Scenes from the Sex War
It Takes Two
A Family Affair
All That She Wants
Soft Touch
Baby Come Back
The Farmer Wants a Wife
Husband Material
The Lady and the Poet
The Painted Lady
The Time of Their Lives
Non-Fiction
The Froth on the Cappuccino
Praise for Having It All
‘A book for every mother who works and misses her children, or who stays at home and wonders if she is missing out’
Best
‘It is only when fiction contains truth that it touches a sensitive chord’
Daily Mail
‘Irresistible . . . roll over, Superwoman, it’s time for Real Woman . . . Having It All is warm-hearted fun, filled with the boardroom monsters and supportive girl friends who strike chords with working women everywhere, mothers or not’
Mail on Sunday
First published 1991 by the Penguin Group
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