A New Yorker Best Book of the YearAn Economist Best Book of the YearThe forgotten story of a decades-long international quest for a rare and coveted orchid, chronicling the botanists, plant hunters, and collectors who relentlessly pursued it at great human and environmental cost.In 1818, a curious root arrived in a small English village, tucked—seemingly by accident—in a packing case mailed from Brazil. The ...

"Sarah Bilston reads like Sophie Kinsella's big sister—a bit more serious, a little wiser, just as irresistible."— New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth PhillipsThe hilarious sequel to Bed Rest, Sleepless Nights by Sarah Bilston is a must-read for working moms, women contemplating having children, and anyone who loves superior women's fiction and an unforgettable heroine. Fun and quirky lawyer-turned-mom Quinn "Q" Boothroyd i...

After the pregnancy from hell, motherhood has to be plain sailing, doesn't it? Quinn 'Q' Boothroyd is in for a shock.And baby Samuel isn't the only thing on Q's mind - she and her husband Tom have some difficult decisions to make about their future. When a chance opportunity introduces them to an eccentric small-town lawyer, the couple's integrity - and their marriage - is tested to the limit.Meanwhile Jeanie, Q's younger sister, is having problems of her own. Boyfriend Dav...

A study of the fast-growing Victorian suburbs as places of connection, creativity, and professional advance, especially for womenFrom the earliest decades of the nineteenth century, the suburbs were maligned by the aristocratic elite as dull zones of low cultural ambition and vulgarity, as well as generally female spaces isolated from the consequential male world of commerce. Sarah Bilston argues that these attitudes were forged to undermine the cultural authority ...

Quinn 'Q' Boothroyd is a successful young English lawyer married to the gorgeous Tom and living in New York. She's ticked off most of the boxes on her list of Things To Do Before Hitting Thirty and her life so far has been relatively painless. But when her doctor tells her she has to spend the last three months of her pregnancy lying in bed, Q is thrown into a tailspin by the idea that her social and professional life must come to a total stop.Initially bored and frustrated, Q grad...

Die erfolgreiche Anwältin Q hat einen spannenden Job, einen tollen Mann und erwartet ein Kind, auf das sie sich freut. Doch dann verdonnert der Arzt sie in den letzten drei Monaten ihrer Schwangerschaft zu absoluter Bettruhe. Langeweile pur! Aber Q denkt nicht dran, sich gemütlich zurückzulehnen. Vom Sofa aus mischt sie sich in das Leben ihrer Familie und ihrer Freunde ein.Und richtet dabei ein heilloses Chaos an ...

Quinn 'Q' Boothroyd is a successful young English lawyer married to the gorgeous Tom and living in New York. She's ticked off most of the boxes on her list of Things To Do Before Hitting Thirty and her life so far has been relatively painless. But when her doctor tells her she has to spend the last three months of her pregnancy lying in bed, Q is thrown into a tailspin by the idea that her social and professional life must come to a total stop.Initially bored and frustrated, Q grad...

In a charming and witty novel, Sarah Bilston tells the story of a busy career woman who finds her pregnancy a breeze -- until she's ordered off her feet for complete and total bed rest.Quinn ""Q"" Boothroyd is a young British lawyer married to an American and living in New York City. She's checked off most of the boxes on her ""Modern Woman's List of Things to Do Before Hitting 30,"" and her busy working life has been relatively painless. But when her doctor tells her she must spen...

A New Yorker and an Economist Best Book of the YearIn 1818, a curious root arrived in a small English village, tucked―seemingly by accident―in a packing case mailed from Brazil. The amateur botanist who cultivated it soon realized that he had something remarkable on his hands: an exceptionally rare orchid never before seen on British shores. It arrived just as "orchid mania" was s...