Ayelet Waldman is the author of Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace (due out May 5,2009), 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."

Ayelet's missives also appear on Facebook and Twitter.

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, Natalie Portman in the lead role, and Lisa Kudrow and Jeffrey Dean Morgan also starring.

Advance Praise for Ayelet's Bad Mother:


"Most of the mothers I know will see themselves reflected in these wise pages, and will find long-overdue comfort here."
—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love


"Bad Mother is blunt, wry, prescriptive and pleasurable."
—Meg Wolitzer, author of The Ten-Year Nap


"I relished her graceful language, self-mocking humor, her clear, if sometimes painful, insight. And I admire her—deeply—for the bracing honesty that redeems it all."
—Peggy Orenstein, author of Waiting for Daisy

Ayelet Waldman will be making appearances in support of her latest book at the following locations in May and June, including Politics & Prose in DC on May 6, Barnes & Nobel Tribeca in NYC on May 7, Book Soup in Los Angeles on May 27, and many locations in the SF Bay Area. 

May 4, 2009
KPFA Benefit 
Berkeley City Club


2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley


Talk & Signing 
7:30 pm
 
May 6, 2009
Politics & Prose 
5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington DC 


202-363-7663


7:00 PM
 
May 7, 2009
Barnes & Noble Tribeca 
97 Warren Street
New York, NY


7:00 PM
 
May 12, 2009
Bookshop Santa Cruz 
1520 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA


7:30 PM
 
May 14, 2009
Rakestraw Books 
522 Hartz Avenue
Danville CA 


(925) 837-7337


7:00 PM
 
May 27, 2009
Book Soup 
8818 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 


(310) 659-3110


7:00 PM
 
June 4, 2009
Reader's Books 
130 E. Napa Street
Sonoma, CA


(707) 939-1779


Noon

June 8, 2009
Kepler's Books 
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA


(650) 856-0978
7:30 PM
 
June 10, 2009
Orinda Books 
www.orindabooks.com
276 Village Sq
Orinda, CA 94563


(925) 254-7606


1 PM
 
June 16, 2009
Books Inc. 
Opera Plaza
601 Van Ness 
San Francisco, CA 


(415) 643-3400


7:00 PM
 
June 18, 2009
Mrs. Dalloway's 
2904 College Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705


(510) 704-8222


7:30 PM
 
June 23, 2009
Book Passage 
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 


(415) 927-0960


7:00 PM
 
June 25, 2009
A Great Good Place for Books 
6120 LaSalle Avenue
Oakland, CA 94611


Tel: (510) 339-8210
7:00 PM
 
June 30, 2009
Towne Center Books 
555 Main Street 
Pleasanton, California 

94566
925-846-8826 


info@townecenterbooks.com


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