a ISBN 0-552-77292-5

a ISBN 978-05-5277292-1

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number PS3573.A42124

b Item number L69 2006

a Personal name Waldman, Ayelet.

a Title Love and other impossible pursuits /

c Statement of responsibility, etc Ayelet Waldman.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc London :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Black Swan,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2006.

a Extent 333 pages ;

c Dimensions 20 cm.

a Summary, etc Is Emilia the wicked stepmother incarnate? Passionately in love with her husband, Emilia has a secret, guilty loathing for her precocious little stepson, William - a forty-year-old ina five-year-old's body, whom she picks up from nursery every Wednesday afternoon. He is lactose intolerant, she feeds him dairy products; he mustn't get cold, she pushes him - accidentally - into a pond in Central Park. How can she forgive William for living, when her own cherished child has gone? A funny, candid and raw, a humorous and emotional novel about family in today's fractured society. Set among high-achieving Manhattanites, it announces the the arrival of an exciting new American voice.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Married women

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Infants

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Stepfamilies

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Grief

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Psychological fiction.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Domestic fiction.