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Ayelet Waldman - Love and Other Impossible Pursuits - 9780552772921 - KTG0007463
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Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

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Description for Love and Other Impossible Pursuits Paperback. Is Emilia, the wicked stepmother incarnate? Passionately in love with her husband, Emilia has a secret, guilty loathing for her precocious little stepson, William - a forty-year-old in a five-year-old's body, whom she picks up from nursery every Wednesday afternoon. How can she forgive William for living, when her own cherished child has gone? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.

Is Emilia the wicked stepmother incarnate?

Passionately in love with her husband, Emilia has a secret, guilty loathing for her precocious little stepson, William - a forty-year-old in a five-year-old's body, whom she picks up from nursery every Wednesday afternoon. He is lactose intolerant, she feeds him dairy products; he mustn't get cold, she pushes him - accidentally - into the pond in Central Park. How can she forgive William for living, when her own cherished child has gone?

'Moving and darkly funny, romantic, shocking, painful page-turner...says something new and interesting about women, families and love' New ... Read more

'One moment I was laughing out loud..the next I had tears pouring down...whether you're a parent or not, you can't fail to be moved' Daily Express

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552772921
SKU
KTG0007463
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About Ayelet Waldman
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.

Reviews for Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
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 ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Love and Other Impossible Pursuits


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