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Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

By Ayelet Waldman

By Ayelet Waldman

By Ayelet Waldman

By Ayelet Waldman

By Ayelet Waldman
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By Ayelet Waldman
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    About Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

    In this moving, wry, and candid novel, widely acclaimed novelist Ayelet Waldman takes us through one woman’s passage through love, loss, and the strange absurdities of modern life.Emilia Greenleaf believed that she had found her soulmate, the man she was meant to spend her life with. But life seems a lot less rosy when Emilia has to deal with the most neurotic and sheltered five-year-old in New York City: her new stepson William. Now Emilia finds herself trying to flag down taxis with a giant, industrial-strength car seat, looking for perfect, strawberry-flavored, lactose-free cupcakes, receiving corrections on her French pronunciation from her supercilious stepson – and attempting to find balance in a new family that’s both larger, and smaller, than she bargained for. In Love and Other Impossible Pursuits Ayelet Waldman has created a novel rich with humor and truth, perfectly characterizing one woman’s search for answers in a crazily uncertain world.

    About Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

    In this moving, wry, and candid novel, widely acclaimed novelist Ayelet Waldman takes us through one woman’s passage through love, loss, and the strange absurdities of modern life.Emilia Greenleaf believed that she had found her soulmate, the man she was meant to spend her life with. But life seems a lot less rosy when Emilia has to deal with the most neurotic and sheltered five-year-old in New York City: her new stepson William. Now Emilia finds herself trying to flag down taxis with a giant, industrial-strength car seat, looking for perfect, strawberry-flavored, lactose-free cupcakes, receiving corrections on her French pronunciation from her supercilious stepson – and attempting to find balance in a new family that’s both larger, and smaller, than she bargained for. In Love and Other Impossible Pursuits Ayelet Waldman has created a novel rich with humor and truth, perfectly characterizing one woman’s search for answers in a crazily uncertain world.

    About Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

    In this moving, wry, and candid novel, widely acclaimed novelist Ayelet Waldman takes us through one woman’s passage through love, loss, and the strange absurdities of modern life.Emilia Greenleaf believed that she had found her soulmate, the man she was meant to spend her life with. But life seems a lot less rosy when Emilia has to deal with the most neurotic and sheltered five-year-old in New York City: her new stepson William. Now Emilia finds herself trying to flag down taxis with a giant, industrial-strength car seat, looking for perfect, strawberry-flavored, lactose-free cupcakes, receiving corrections on her French pronunciation from her supercilious stepson – and attempting to find balance in a new family that’s both larger, and smaller, than she bargained for. In Love and Other Impossible Pursuits Ayelet Waldman has created a novel rich with humor and truth, perfectly characterizing one woman’s search for answers in a crazily uncertain world.

    About Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

    In this moving, wry, and candid novel, widely acclaimed novelist Ayelet Waldman takes us through one woman’s passage through love, loss, and the strange absurdities of modern life.Emilia Greenleaf believed that she had found her soulmate, the man she was meant to spend her life with. But life seems a lot less rosy when Emilia has to deal with the most neurotic and sheltered five-year-old in New York City: her new stepson William. Now Emilia finds herself trying to flag down taxis with a giant, industrial-strength car seat, looking for perfect, strawberry-flavored, lactose-free cupcakes, receiving corrections on her French pronunciation from her supercilious stepson – and attempting to find balance in a new family that’s both larger, and smaller, than she bargained for. In Love and Other Impossible Pursuits Ayelet Waldman has created a novel rich with humor and truth, perfectly characterizing one woman’s search for answers in a crazily uncertain world.

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    About Ayelet Waldman

    Ayelet Waldman is the author of the novels Love and Treasure, Red Hook Road, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, and Daughter’s Keeper, the non-fiction book A Really Bad Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life, and the… More about Ayelet Waldman

    About Ayelet Waldman

    Ayelet Waldman is the author of the novels Love and Treasure, Red Hook Road, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, and Daughter’s Keeper, the non-fiction book A Really Bad Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life, and the… More about Ayelet Waldman

    About Ayelet Waldman

    Ayelet Waldman is the author of the novels Love and Treasure, Red Hook Road, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, and Daughter’s Keeper, the non-fiction book A Really Bad Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life, and the… More about Ayelet Waldman

    About Ayelet Waldman

    Ayelet Waldman is the author of the novels Love and Treasure, Red Hook Road, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, and Daughter’s Keeper, the non-fiction book A Really Bad Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life, and the… More about Ayelet Waldman

    Product Details

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $13.95
    Published by Anchor
    Jan 09, 2007 | 352 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781400095131

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Anchor
    Feb 13, 2007 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9780307279804

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jan 24, 2006 | 688 Minutes | ISBN 9781415931660

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $14.98
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jan 24, 2006 | 368 Minutes | ISBN 9780739324127

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    Praise

    “A romantic, shocking . . . page-turner [that] actually says something new and interesting about women, families and love.” –The New York Times Book Review“Absorbing. . . . Compelling and artfully drawn. . . . The novel is beautifully paced and unfolds seamlessly.” –The Washington Post“A smart and finally affecting portrayal of a woman working her way out of her own grandiose self-image into something like real love.” –New York“The emotions Waldman instills in her protagonist are visceral and convincing. . . . [Emilia’s] always sharp, wickedly funny, opinionated and cheerfully bitter, lending depth and energy to this wise, entertaining book.” –San Francisco Chronicle

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