Author Susan Sellers in conversation about her new novel - Given the Choice

Set amidst the glamour and intrigue of the contemporary art and classical music worlds, it is the story of Marion, a talented, ambitious 39-year old entrepreneur whose husband wants a child. Much as she loves her husband, Marion is not certain motherhood is for her. Alongside other stories of maternity - including infertility, adoption, the unfairness of the biological clock, artificial insemination without a male partner, the juggling act of work and family - Marion faces a tough choice.

If Marion decides not to have a baby will she lose her husband and live to regret her childless state? If she agrees can she keep the successful career she has dreamed of and worked so hard for? And what does she feel about children anyway? In her latest novel, it is the reader who is given the choice