by Ayelet Waldman · BLACK SWAN · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552772921
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Love and Other Impossible Pursuits» is the contemporary fiction novel by Ayelet Waldman, published by Black Swan in paperback (336 pages, in English).
Emilia Greenleaf, a lawyer in New York, tries to cope with grief over the death of her daughter while learning to live with William, her husband's five-year-old son. Her mix of guilt, resentment and tenderness towards the boy tests her marriage and leads her to rethink what it means to love in a blended family.
The novel was originally published in 2006 and falls within contemporary fiction and family life.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction looking for a family story with humor and emotion.
Ayelet Waldman is an Israeli-American novelist and essayist. She has written seven mystery novels in the series The Mommy-Track Mysteries and four other novels. She has also written autobiographical essays about motherhood. Waldman spent three years working as a federal public defender and her fiction draws on her experience as a lawyer.
