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Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits | Ayelet Waldman
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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. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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#Movie2BookRecs #natalieportman 2. Full disclosure, I haven‘t seen this but people talked about her performance in the movie for a while when it came out.
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Klou I haven't even heard of this one. Might have to check it out. 3y
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The tagged book may have been the first book I read by Ayelet Waldman, about 10 years ago. It was excellent.

Laura Lippman! If you haven‘t yet, read her!

Interesting trivia.....both Ayelet and Laura are married to well know writers.

I always watch Live PD. A show you can read during. And I am fascinated that both my son and sister live in counties represented by police departments on the show.

Lemon anything!

#ManicMonday #letterL

JoScho Thanks for playing 💜🤗 6y
rubyslippersreads More trivia—Laura Lippmann is a #betsytacy fan. 😊 6y
Guildedearlobe I‘ve not read enough Lippman. 6y
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Just three books with LOVE in the title that I LOVED. #FeistyFeb #lovetitles

Cinfhen Is that Carla from TopChef? She's awesome 😊 8y
Suzze @Cinfhen Yes! She has always been my favorite from Top Chef. When I heard she was going to be on The Chew I cheered! I even donated to her Kickstarter for her restaurant. 8y
Lola I love Ayelet Waldman. Her memoir is fantastic 8y
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Cinfhen Are the recipes easy or complicated? 8y
Suzze @Lola I have that on my list! Have to read it. 8y
Suzze @Cinfhen pretty easy. 8y
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I really like Ayelet Walkman' books (she's married to a Michael Chabon!). If you have little kids, her Mommy-Track mysteries are great fun. I don't read romances anymore ( lived on them when my kids were babies) so this is my choice for #IntheMoodforLove #SeasonsReadings2016

LauraBeth Remember when she wrote that essay forever ago about saying she loved her husband more than her kids? I actually understood what she was saying and felt the vitriol she received as a result was unfair 8y
Suzze @LauraBeth Oh, yes! I'd forgotten about that. Yeah she really took a beating for that. 8y
Bookchipmunk She has a new book coming out on January 10th. 8y
Suzze @Bookchipmunk Oh, thanks for the tip! That one sounds great.....especially as I was a teenager in the late 60's. I think....some of my memories are vague. 😜😜😜 8y
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