Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, (Paperback)

from TanyaTomato

Fantastic! Character development arc was executed wonderfully. Her writing style had me half listening but then a sudden brilliant sentence of would catch me in astonishment. The end of chapter 22 had me agape.

from Lazy_Lauren

I absolutely adored this book, every page of it. From the vivid way New York City is described, to the characters and their jealousies and troubles, to the accurate portrayal of grief, and the little smartie pants 5 year old, William. The novel centres around a broken family trying to repair the ...

from SqueakyChu

Ayelet Waldman is so on the money. She's top notch with this book. This book is a hands-down winner for anyone who has ever tried to worm one's way into a young child's heart and is not that child's parent. As a babysitting grandmother who also picks up a young boy from school as well as one who ...

from voracious

Emilia was a young lawyer in a prestigious law firm when she started her affair with Jack (partner in the firm), who then left his wife and son to marry Emilia. The story begins soon after Emilia's infant has died and she is deeply depressed about the loss of her child and struggling in her role ...

from BinnieBee

This book wasn't exactly riveting, but at the same time I kept feeling like there was more to the story than we were told at that time. And, with this in mind I kept looking forward to finding out what secrets were being withheld from the reader. There were a few psychological twists along the wa...