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Biographical note
Ayelet Waldman was a criminal defence lawyer before she became a full-time writer. She is married to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon and they live in California with their four children.Love and Other Impossible Pursuits is her first novel to be published in the UK.Wicked stepmothers everywhere have cause to cheer. Waldman tells it like it is: Tough, touching and very very funny
- Bella Pollen, author of Hunting Unicorns,
'I felt utterly wrung out after I'd read it. Such powerful, honest writing ...All through the story Ayelet Waldman maintains the balance between candidly demonstrating all her heroine's flaws and yet never once losing our sympathy...Fantastic'
- Kate Long, author of The Bad Mother's Handbook,
Waldman hooks us from page one ... Tells it with a wittiness and pace which never slacken
Independent on Sunday
What is excellent about this book is its realism, crisp observations, and the easy identification it successfully invites
Guardian
'This book deals with a painful theme in the funniest, most touching and intelligent way. It charts the excruciatingly recognisable traits of mothering brilliantly. I read it in one sitting. I was filled with envy and awe
- Arabella Weir, author of Does My Bum Look Big in This?,