Tuesday, September 8, 2009 || 7pm ||
Ayelet Waldman, Author of Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Clamities and Occasional Moments of Grace, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
Book Passage – Corte Madera
51 Tamal Vista Dr., Corte Madera
Ayelet Waldman is the author of The New York Times bestseller Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Daughter’s Keeper and the Mommy-Track Mysteries. Her personal essays have been published in a wide variety of newspapers and magazine, including The New York Times, the Guardian, the San Francisco Chronicle, Elle Magazine, Vogue, Allure, Cookie, Child, Parenting, Real Simple, Health and Salon.com. Her radio commentaries have appeared on “All Things Considered” and “The California Report.” Ayelet’s missives also appear on Facebook and Twitter. Her books are published throughout the world, in countries as disparate as England and Thailand, the Netherlands and China, Russia and Israel.
The film version of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits is now in post-production, with Don Roos as screenwriter and director, Natalie Portman in the lead role, and Lisa Kudrow and Scott Cohen also starring.
Waldman admits that she’s an oversharer-which happens to be a great trait for a memoirist. Her essays about motherhood are hilarious, heartbreaking, and edgy. In our child-centric world, Waldman got slammed for saying she loves her husband more than her kids. What’s wrong with that?
“Most of the mothers I know will see themselves reflected in these wise pages, and will find long-overdue comfort here.”
—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
“Bad Mother is blunt, wry, prescriptive and pleasurable.”
—Meg Wolitzer, author of The Ten-Year Nap
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