Having It And Eating It

Intelligent and funny, this novel is about how having young children can overturn an educated, middle-class woman's identity--like Bridget Jones with husband and kids.

Maggie Owen has given up her day job and resigned herself to a life of playground moms and soiled clothing-until the day she runs into Claire Masterson. Claire was the girl at school Maggie always wanted to be, and (surprise, surprise) it's as if nothing has changed. Claire still has everything-and Maggie's life, as the mother of two young boys, is utter chaos. But when it seems that Claire knows a little too much about Maggie's boyfriend, Jake, Maggie starts thinking the unthinkable, and the lengths to which she goes to uncover the truth and regain her confidence throw her life-and her relationship with Jake-for a loop.