I wasn't looking forward to reading this one, having read some of the comments about it, but I have to say I enjoyed it.
It can be read in a number of ways - as a straighforward chick-lit novel, as a study of three women's experience of being both mother and daughter, as a social commentary on the ways that unwanted pregnancy has been treated through the years, and as an examination of how much we are affected by our past - whether we like it or not! To quote from the book: "everyone's history is a product of someone else's; what we think of as our own experience is only what's been bestowed on us by others and you can't walk away from that", and that's really the central theme of the novel. The past shapes our present, and we can't escape it.
It's an easy book to read which on the surface doesn't leave you with much to think about, but when you dig a little deeper, particularly into Nan's life experiences, there's more than meets the eye. The narrative is split between Nan, daughter Karen and grandaughter Charlotte (with each one being in a differently spaced type, just to make things easier for you!), and as most of Nan's are her experiences of the past, the reader has a real sense of who she is and how her experiences colour her present.
I thought the characterisation was excellent in most cases, Charlotte and Nan particularly, although I didn't feel that Karen was quite so well characterised. The plot is simple, and it has to be said it's a bit unrealistic in parts - but a lot of the narrative is an expression of emotions and feelings, and I identified very much with some of the feelings that Charlotte has in trying to come to terms with looking after a new baby.
On the whole this was enjoyable, and I will probably look for other titles by the same author.