Babyday

It's Stella's fiftieth birthday and she doesn't want to get up. But a burning pain in her ribs, then a weird dream, forces her awake and onto the darkened landing. The pain is excruciating. Is it a virus? A heart attack? No, it's the arrival of a baby. A real life baby who sits in a circle of light smiling at her. Over the day, Stella 'has' six more babies and falls in love with them. Abandoning the Wythenshawe families she supports as a social worker, she glories in this perfect experience of motherhood. Only when she returns to work part time, is she forced to face the questions she has refused to ask until now – who are these babies? Why have they come to her? Her quest reveals extraordinary answers for Stella and her family. Husband Joe, at first disbelieving, seeks ways to augment their income. Their student daughter Lyndsey adores them all until she meets Eddy and becomes fascinated by him and his research. When Eddy assists Stella with his suggestions, the Sawyers are shaken as a family. BABYDAY invites you into Stella’s everyday world which is transformed by an extraordinary mystery.