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Plot Summary of Playing by the Baby Rules
"Marisa, a Michigan lingerie store owner, is becoming desperate to get pregnant. She will soon need a hysterectomy, so it's now or never. She can't afford a sperm bank, so decides to ask her best friend, musician Jake, to be the father. Together, they decide on rules to follow while they try to get pregnant, in order to preserve their friendship.

As their relationship grows, rules keep getting broken. Both Marisa and Jake begin to think of a future together as a family. However, Marisa is haunted by her mother's bad reputation, and her strained relationship with her father, who was never there for her when she was a child. Jake, in turn, belives he comes from a bad family: his father was an abusive alcholic, and Jake fears that he will become one, too."
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Plot
Time/era of story - Present (2000-2010)
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - angst over abusive parents
If one lover chases another... - she chases after him
Children/Pregnancy Yes
Children/Pregnancy: - Can't get pregnant

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - musician
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - blissful - mature

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - small businessman
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - blissful

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
Focus of story - Her
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