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 in a 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 the pond in Central Park. How can she forgive William for living, when her own cherished child has gone? 'Moving and darkly funny, romantic, ...
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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 in a 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 the pond in Central Park. How can she forgive William for living, when her own cherished child has gone? 'Moving and darkly funny, romantic, shocking, painful page-turner...says something new and interesting about women, families and love' New York Times 'One moment I was laughing out loud..the next I had tears pouring down...whether you're a parent or not, you can't fail to be moved' Daily Express
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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Very Good. 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 in a five-year-old's body, whom she picks up from nursery every Wednesday afternoon. How can she forgive William for living, when her own cherished child has gone? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Large print Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN: 9780753176825.
Oftentimes second books are a tad disappointing when you've fallen hard for the first book. Love and Other Impossible Pursuits is not that kind of follow up book. It is as engaging as first of Waldman's I had read before it -- the kind that makes you read and re-read it, look up the author, and other things by the author and then read them in the hopes that you will experience that same literary high. (Technically this is not Waldman's second book though I think of it as. She also has a mommy detective series which I read after reading her book "Daughter's Keeper". The detective series is a different kind of writing -- fun and fluffy and not what one is looking for following the beautifully heavy read of "Daughter's Keeper" or any one of her witty articles in varied magazines.) Love and Other Impossible Pursuits is insightful into a number of themes within a fantastic narrative: relationships, loss of a child, and step-parenting. It reads so authentic that at times the reader cringes for the main character's behavior but doesn't love her any less for it. You won't regret picking it up unless you need to get other things done.
