Book Launch: The Baby Whisperer by Jennifer Aaron-Foster

We are pleased to announce the release of The Baby Whisperer, the debut novel from a long-term friend and mentee, Jennifer Aaron-Foster.

"The world we are born into...I think it's doing something to the babies. Many of us might need saving from ourselves." He paused. "Maybe that's where you can help?"

Christine Shore, a young woman from London and a reluctant, 'Baby Whisperer,' finds herself befriending Tobey Daley, a 12-month-old on life support, who oscillates between the mortal and a utopian realm; a world populated with mythical creatures, soul mates and the ancestors. But when Tobey accuses a prestigious doctor of serial infanticide at the hospital where he is being treated, Christine's own life is put in danger.

University of Leeds alumni and short-listed for the Headline Money ‘Rising Star of the Year Award’, Jennifer Aaron-Foster turned her hand from financial print media, to broadcast journalism. She moved to the Middle East where she landed a correspondence role at City7 TV. There she presented live news reports from the Dubai and Abu Dhabi stock exchanges, and interviewed high profile business leaders, celebrities, politicians and members of royalty.  A documentary [Longbelly TV] which Jennifer scripted and narrated, screened at the Portobello Film Festival in 2012, but the allure to write a novel would take her down a different path. A long-time member of PEN International, Jennifer joined ‘Black Girl Writers’ and received mentorship from Buki Papillon (Little, Brown) and other prominent writers in the industry.

Jennifer cites C.S Lewis, Carlos Ruiz Zafón and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as major inspirations. She believes stories are both spiritual and culture-connecting vehicles - and when done properly - they change lives.

For over a decade, Jennifer and her husband, John, from West Yorkshire, lived in East London with their three children and their cat, but they eventually outgrew their shoebox home, and moved out of the city.
Jennifer’s debut novel - The Baby Whisperer - is out now on Paperback, published by Littoral Publishing Ltd, 2024.