Praise for Ayelet's Love and Other Impossible Pursuits:

"A moving and darkly funny read… it actually says something new and interesting about women, families and love."
—The New York Times

"Compelling and artfully drawn… the novel is beautifully paced and unfolds seamlessly."
—Washington Post

"The emotions Waldman instills in her protagonist are visceral and convincing… [a] wise, entertaining book."
—San Francisco Chronicle

About Ayelet

Ayelet Waldman is the author of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Daughter's Keeper and the Mommy-Track Mysteries. Her personal essays have been published in a wide variety of newspapers and magazine, including The New York Times, the Guardian, the San Francisco Chronicle, Elle Magazine, Vogue, Allure, Cookie, Child, Parenting, Real Simple, Health and Salon.com. Her radio commentaries have appeared on "All Things Considered" and "The California Report."

Her books are published throughout the world, in countries as disparate as England and Thailand, the Netherlands and China, Russia and Israel.

The film of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits is in preproduction, with Don Roos writing and directing, Jennifer Lopez in the lead role, and Lisa Kudrow and Jeffrey Dean Morgan also starring.

Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace, will be published by Doubleday in May 2009.