Ayelet Waldman

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born

December 11, 1964

gender

female

place of birth

Jerusalem, Israel

website

http://www.ayeletwaldman.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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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 now in production, with Don Roos writing and directing,...more

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avg rating: 3.53 | 2,697 ratings | 532 reviews | 11 distinct works | 19 fans

	Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman avg rating 3.53 — 643 ratings — published 2006 12 editions	my rating:
	Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace by Ayelet Waldman avg rating 3.52 — 443 ratings — published 2009 2 editions	my rating:
	Daughter's Keeper by Ayelet Waldman avg rating 3.60 — 398 ratings — published 2003 5 editions	my rating:
	Nursery Crimes (Mommy-Track Mystery, Book 1) by Ayelet Waldman avg rating 3.41 — 253 ratings — published 2000 5 editions	my rating:
	The Big Nap (Mommy-Track Mystery, Book 2) by Ayelet Waldman avg rating 3.44 — 195 ratings — published 2002 4 editions	my rating:
	A Playdate with Death (Mommy-Track Mystery, Book 3) by Ayelet Waldman avg rating 3.55 — 154 ratings — published 2003 2 editions	my rating:
	Death Gets a Time-Out (Mommy-Track Mystery, Book 4) by Ayelet Waldman avg rating 3.50 — 141 ratings — published 2003 3 editions	my rating:
	Murder Plays House (Mommy-Track Mystery, Book 5) by Ayelet Waldman avg rating 3.59 — 130 ratings — published 2005 2 editions	my rating:
	The Cradle Robbers (Mommy-Track Mystery, Book 6) by Ayelet Waldman avg rating 3.59 — 113 ratings — published 2006 2 editions	my rating:
	Bye-Bye, Black Sheep (Mommy-Track Mystery, Book 7) by Ayelet Waldman avg rating 3.58 — 113 ratings — published 2006 2 editions	my rating:

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quotes by Ayelet Waldman

"Why is it that loving something provides such little protection from betrayal?"
— Ayelet Waldman (Love and Other Impossible Pursuits)

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"I think it's worth trying to be a mother who delights in who her children are, in their knock-knock jokes and earnest questions. A mother who spends less time obsessing about what will happen, or what has happened, and more time reveling in what is."
— Ayelet Waldman

tags: motherhood

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"Love & Marriage are about work & Compromise. They're about seeing someone for what he is, being disappointed and deciding to stick around anyway. They're about commitment and comfort, not some kind of sudden, hysterical recognition."
— Ayelet Waldman (Love and Other Impossible Pursuits)

tags: love, marriage

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