Love and Other Impossible Pursuits (Paperback)

by Ayelet Waldman (Author)

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Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Anchor; Reprint edition (Jan 9 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400095131
ISBN-13: 978-1400095131
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.2 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 273 g
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Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #173,583 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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From Publishers Weekly

How a five-year-old manages to make the adults in his life hew to the love he holds for them is the sweet treat in this honest, brutal, bitterly funny slice of life. When Emelia's day-old daughter, Isabel, succumbs to SIDS, her own life stalls. She can't work; she can't sleep; Central Park, once her personal secret garden, now is a minefield of happy mother-child dyads. Since Isabel's death, husband Jack's only solace for the guilt of breaking up his sexless marriage with Carolyn for Emelia's (now-absent) passion and love is joint custody of William, now five. What Emelia cannot bear most are Wednesdays, when she must cross the park to collect William at the 92nd Street Y preschool and take another shot at stepmotherhood. Carolyn, William's furious mother and a renowned Upper East Side OB/GYN, lives to nab Emelia for mistakes in handling him. Carolyn's indicting phone calls raise the already sky-high tension in Jack and Emelia's home, but they don't compare with Carolyn's announcement that, at age 42, she is pregnant. The news pushes Emelia to confess to Jack two things she shouldn't. William is charmingly realized, and Waldman (Daughter's Keeper) has upper bourgeois New York down cold. The result is a terrific adult story. (Feb. 21)
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Emilia Greenleaf falls apart after her daughter dies of SIDS, and the emotional fallout leads her to sabotage her relationships with her parents and her precocious 5-year-old stepson, William. Ellen Reilly is suitably emotional when needed and reads Emilia's narration with wit, warmth, and irony. She does an equally good job in portraying William, bringing into focus a confused, scared, and extremely smart child. Thanks to Reilly, Emilia's anger comes across subtly, as does her hidden guilt surrounding her baby's death. Even as Emilia mistreats and harshly judges those she loves, Reilly's reading allows her, and those in her orbit, to be viewed sympathetically. The abridgment is done well--the story unfolds at an appropriately steady pace. H.L.S. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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