One of
seven unforgettable mother/child relationships in literature, as shared at the Vintage Books & Anchor Books Reading Group Center:
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman
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. Love and Other Impossible Pursuits is a a can’t put-it-down novel about motherhood, paralyzing guilt, and the sisterhood that mothers can feel for one another even when they’re at odds.
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another book on the list.
The Page 69 Test: Love and Other Impossible Pursuits.
--Marshal Zeringue
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