Web Site Gives Birth to Honest, New Book: Frankly Pregnant

Publication Date: April, 2006

Frankly Pregnant
A Candid Week-by-Week Guide to the
Unexpected Joys, Raging Hormones,
and Common Experiences of Pregnancy
By Stacy Quarty
with Miriam Greene, M.D.

Stacy Quarty launched her popular web site, FranklyPregnant.com shortly after completing the journal of her last pregnancy, looking to connect with the maternal community. With a frank and friendly, no-holds-barred attitude, the site delivers a bounty of pregnancy information including a comprehensive searchable archive of over 1,000 pregnancy questions and answers. The site has gotten over 150,000 hits a day and still continues to grow like an expecting, maternal belly.

The site's popularity has called attention to Stacy's journal, now titled, Frankly Pregnant: A Candid Week-by-Week Guide to the Unexpected Joys, Raging Hormones, and Common Experiences of Pregnancy, which is currently being published by St. Martin's Griffin.

The book gives a weekly, real-life account of Stacy's last pregnancy. She frankly discusses: the symptoms of the week (moles, skin tags and third nipples); experiences of girlfriends; and anecdotes on subjects ranging from C-sections to cannoli cravings.

With warmth, humor, no shame, and the help of Dr. Miriam Greene who practices obstetrics and gynecology in Manhattan and served as a medical consultant and actress on HBO's Sex & the City, Frankly Pregnant takes the myth and mystery out of pregnancy and tells it like it is.

About the Author
Stacy Quarty is a graphic designer and mother or two. She also continues to nurture and add content to her web site, www.franklypregnant.com. Stacy lives in Southampton, New York with her husband Jamey Friedman and two girls, Karmen and Devon.

TO REQUEST A COPY OF THE BOOK
AND/OR AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR,
PLEASE CONTACT:

Stacy Quarty, Author
T: 631.204.9331
E: stacy@franklypregnant.com

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E: courtney.fischer@stmartins.com

Jennifer Taber, Publicity Assistant
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