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Lucie Yi Is Not a Romantic
2022
First Published
3.36
Average Rating
400
Number of Pages

An ambitious career woman signs up for a co-parenting website only to find a match she never expected, in this unflinchingly funny and honest novel from the author of Last Tang Standing. Management consultant Lucie Yi is done waiting for Mr. Right. After a harrowing breakup foiled her plans for children—and drove her to a meltdown in a Tribeca baby store—she’s ready to take matters into her own hands. She signs up for an elective co-parenting website to find a suitable partner with whom to procreate—as platonic as family planning can be. Collin Read checks all of Lucie’s boxes; he shares a similar cultural background, he’s honest, and most important, he’s ready to become a father. When they match, it doesn’t take long for Lucie to take a leap of faith for her future. So what if her conservative family might not approve? When Lucie becomes pregnant, the pair return to Singapore and, sure enough, her parents refuse to look on the bright side. Even more complicated, Lucie’s ex-fiancé reappears, sparking unresolved feelings and compounding work pressures and the baffling ways her body is changing. Suddenly her straightforward arrangement is falling apart before her very eyes, and Lucie will have to decide how to juggle the demands of the people she loves while pursuing the life she really wants.

Avg Rating
3.36
Number of Ratings
4,529
5 STARS
11%
4 STARS
33%
3 STARS
41%
2 STARS
13%
1 STARS
3%
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Author

Lauren Ho
Lauren Ho
Author · 3 books

Lauren is a reformed legal counsel who now writes for pleasure. She has previously worked for Doctors Without Borders and UNHCR. Hailing from Malaysia, she lived in the United Kingdom, France and Luxembourg before moving with her family to Singapore, where she is ostensibly working on her next novel. She interacts with readers on @hellolaurenho on Twitter, IG, FB and hellolaurenho.com. This site is her main blog (it feeds into her website blog in fact), so do subscribe for regular posts on everything from the craft of writing to bonus material.

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