All Lost Time: A Novel of Baby Fever - Hardcover

Theodore Roosevelt Gardner II

9781888310627: All Lost Time: A Novel of Baby Fever

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1888310626 ISBN 13: 9781888310627

Publisher: Allen a Knoll Pubs, 2002

Meet Kyna. She’s an attractive woman, successful attorney, and nearing forty. She wants to have a baby, but seems unable to hold down a relationship. Kyna is struggling with the notion that women can have it all (the story of our times): a successful career, a blissful marriage and a family. Through unconventional circumstances, she meets Mort, a car mechanic and recent widow. Not strictly her type, but she adores his children. Then there’s Norm, the powerful attorney who suddenly needs her to defend him in the courtroom. He’s sensitive to her needs and a comfortable companion. Throughout her interactions with both men, and with glimpses of her personal notebooks about her past relationships, we come to understand Kyna’s conflict within herself and learn about the complexities of being a woman in the new millennium.

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About the Author:

Theodore Gardner is the author of other acclaimed novels such as The Real Sleeper, Give Gravity a Chance: A Love Story, The Paper Dynasty, Flip Side and He’s Back. He lives in Southern California.

From Booklist:

You'd think a successful thirtysomething divorce attorney might make coherent, sensible decisions about her future, her men, and her life. But not Kyna O'Mera. Her maternal clock is ticking so loudly it drowns out all rational thought. Maybe that's why she takes up with Mort, a widowed mechanic who has two needy, adorable children but about as much class as Cheez Whiz. And when Kyna agrees to represent Norm in his divorce--a digression from her usual role as female advocate--she wonders whether this handsome, educated, almost-eligible guy might be the one for her. In the meantime, she puts the rest of her practice on hold so she can practice being Mommy for Mort's kids, all the while keeping the more appealing Norm in her thoughts. Which one of these men should father her child, Kyna wonders, although she never bothers to inform either of them of her plan to start a family--immediately. Under Kyna's silly crusade lies a witty story about a charming woman who wants to have it all. Mary Frances Wilkens
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