latest read - the family way

A story about three sister and how each of them end up with babies of their own.

The three sisters - Cat (oldest, tall, lanky), Jessica (second, the beauty) and Megan (youngest, the smartest) - were abandoned by their mothers when they were young but later were forced to live with her when their dad was too busy with work to care for all three of them. In the end, it was Cat who was the mother figure to her sisters since her mother wasn't interested at all to be a  mother.

The story revolved around the sisters getting babies and the story ended when all three of them got one:-

Cat, who had to care for her sister from age 12, was sure all she ever wanted was freedom. But at the age of 39, decided that, yes, she does one a baby of her own. She "made" her boyfriend at the time, Rory, to do a reverse vasectomy, which he did. One IVF later, Cat was pregnant. However, in his heart, Rory was not too keen to have another child but bent to the wishes of Cat. Cat felt this and left Rory. But of course, when Cat delivered, they found a connection. God, know what will happen with them since the story ended there.

Jessica was in a loving marriage with Paulo but no matter how hard they try, they were not able to conceive. A vacation to Hong Kong and China brought about adoption of a Chinese orphan - Wei - whom they managed to bring home to London. Of course, like a lot of life stories, a couple who have a hard time conceiving, turn to adoption only to find that they get pregnant after the adoption.

Megan is a doctor. A one-night stand left her pregnant. Her baby girl, Poppy, was pre-mature due to pre-eclampsia. Kirk, the father, wanted to be part of her life but in the end, men, lacking sexual pleasure, turned to another woman. He was ditched, of course.

There's really nothing to the story. It was just dragging and dragging the relationships of the sisters, relationship with men around them, with their weird mother, and with their father. The author threw in some adventures here and there but they fell flat. A pretty boring book, to be honest.

No where near the wittiness and standard of Man and Wife.