Love And Other Impossible Pursuits

'I felt utterly wrung out after I'd read it. Such powerful, honest writing ...All through the story Ayelet Waldman maintains the balance between candidly demonstrating all her heroine's flaws and yet never once losing our sympathy...Fantastic'

Kate Long, author of The Bad Mother's Handbook

Waldman hooks us from page one ... Tells it with a wittiness and pace which never slacken

Independent on Sunday

What is excellent about this book is its realism, crisp observations, and the easy identification it successfully invites

Guardian

'This book deals with a painful theme in the funniest, most touching and intelligent way. It charts the excruciatingly recognisable traits of mothering brilliantly. I read it in one sitting. I was filled with envy and awe

Arabella Weir, author of Does My Bum Look Big in This?

. . . just plain clever: a sharply observed comedy of manners . . . Rising star Ayelet Waldman tells a strong human story with brio.

Sally Cousins, Sunday Telegraph

Very moving

Margaret Forster

'Sharp, painfully honest, and as funny as it is heartbreaking. I literally couldn't put it down'

Shane Watson, author of Other People’s Marriages

Utterly brilliant.

OK!

In this interesting inversion of the wicked stepmother story the reader's sympathy is instantly engaged . . . Considerablr darker than its racy, pacy style suggests.

The Times