'Hilarious, heartbreaking, truthful and bold' Dolly Alderton

Meet Olivia Galvin.

She knows she's lucky. There's the handsome husband. The sounds-pretty-good-on-paper job. A house they can just about afford. Loving, intrusive and completely bonkers extended family. Plus, she's having more sex than she's ever had in her life.

But the one thing she really wants seems to be the one thing she just can't seem to have...

Capturing the stress, sex and sometime hilarity of trying for a baby, Olivia's all-too-familiar battles with modern life make her question whether having it all is ever really worth it.

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Praise for Trying:

'Side-splittingly relatable' Bryony Gordon

'God it's powerful . . . Emily Phillips writes about love beautifully' Marian Keyes

'A deeply moving and raw story, told with great humour. An assured debut' Louise O'Neill

'Marian Keyes for the social media age' Sunday Telegraph

About the Author

Emily Phillips' two main life goals have always been: to write a book and to have a baby. As Grazia's Features Director, she's helped change the law to close the pay gap, written on everything from over-committing to egg donation, and interviewed the likes of Amy Poehler and Jane Birkin. Her career highlight was when Jamie Dornan told her (while taking his top off) that his murderous character in The Fall would've found her 'right up his street'. She lives in London with her husband and two cats.

Her first novel, TRYING, is a hugely funny and searingly honest comedy about what to expect when you're not expecting.

Reviews
I've just finished, I couldn't put it down! God, it's powerful, it brought up so many feelings in me. Emily Phillips writes so well, so funny and relatable. Also she writes about love BEAUTIFULLY . . . Funny, bittersweet and touching, this book will resonate with anyone who is 'trying' -- Marian Keyes, author of THE BREAK
Hilarious, heartbreaking, truthful and bold -- Dolly Alderton, author of EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE
Side-splittingly relatable -- Bryony Gordon, author of MAD GIRL and EAT RUN DRINK
Funny and warm and brilliant -- Lucy Vine, author of HOT MESS
Read it - think Marian Keyes for the social media age * Sunday Telegraph *
Funny, honest and thought-provoking. ***** * Heat Magazine *
A tender and funny story * Prima *
Hilarious and relatable . . . A warm and funny book * Grazia *
An irreverently funny book that will resonate with anyone who's ever been trying * Red Magazine *
A deeply moving and raw story, told with great humour. An assured debut from Emily Phillips. -- Louise O'Neill, author of ALMOST LOVE and ONLY EVER YOURS
A moving but funny read * Closer Magazine *
A brilliant read * Stylist *
A funny but uplifting novel * Daily Mirror *
TRYING is a wonderfully funny novel about a young women who is "trying" in all aspects of her life. Not only is she trying to climb the ladder at work but she is also hoping to start a new family. This book is relatable and incredibly heartwarming as you see Olivia struggle through the big life questions that we all fear * Yorkshire Evening Post *
Captures that painful, haywire feeling of wanting something so badly and the all-consuming nature of trying but not getting. -- Helen Russell
A funny, complex debut * Emerald Street *
Moving * Bella Magazine *



Book Information
ISBN 9781473663817
Author Emily Phillips
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Hodder Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 267g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 24mm