Ayelet Waldman

¿Quién no se sentiría culpable odiando a un niño de cinco años? Emilia no puede evitar sentirse así cada miércoles por la tarde, cuando ha de recoher a William, el hijo que su marido Jack tiene de su anterior matrimonio. Un pequeño tirano, sobreprotegido y malcriado como tanto niños de clase alta de Manhattan, pero dotado además de una especial inteligencia de la que Emilia es siempre el blanco.

Ayelet Waldman is fearless' Rebecca Solnit 'It's a simple, delightful premise: a journal of microdosing. Then Waldman brings so much to the project that it turns into something else, something far more beguiling ...The result is constantly entertaining, slyly educational, and surprisingly moving ...I don't know another writer like her' WILLIAM FINNEGAN, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Barbarian Days When a small vial arrives in her mailbox from 'Lewis Carroll,' Ayelet Waldman is at a low point. Her mood storms have become intolerably severe; she has tried nearly every medication possible; her husband and children are suffering with her. So she opens the vial, places two drops on her tongue, and joins the ranks of an underground but increasingly vocal group of scientists and civilians successfully using therapeutic microdoses of LSD. As Waldman charts her experience over the course of a month - bursts of productivity, sleepless nights, a newfound sense of equanimity - she also explores the history and mythology of LSD, the cutting-edge research into the drug, and the byzantine policies that control it. Drawing on her experience as a federal public defender, and as the mother of teenagers, and her research into the therapeutic value of psychedelics, Waldman has produced a book that is eye-opening, often hilarious, and utterly enthralling.

In 1945, on the outskirts of Salzburg, American soldiers discover a train filled with unspeakable riches: gold watches and wedding rings, picture frames and Shabbat candlesticks. Jack Wiseman is the lieutenant tasked with guarding this treasure in the chaotic aftermath of wara responsibility that grows more complicated when he meets Ilona, a fierce, beautiful Hungarian woman who has lost everything in the ravages of the Holocaust.Seventy years later, amid the shadowy world of art dealers who profit off the sins of previous generations, Jack gives a necklace to his granddaughter, Natalie, and charges her with returning it to its owner. And as Natalie searches for the woman whose portrait and unknown fate have come to haunt her, she will come to understand the secret her grandfather took to his grave.

Wicked stepmothers everywhere have cause to cheer. Waldman tells it like it is: Tough, touching and very very funny Bella Pollen, author of Hunting UnicornsFalling in love with Jack was so easy, I had assumed that falling in love with his son would be just as effortless Who says you have to love your step-child? - Wouldn't you dislike a precocious five-year-old who corrected your French pronunciation, and who calculated your Body Mass Index when youwere halfway through a piece of cheesecake? - Does that make you a 'wicked stepmother'? Even if you feed him dairy products while he's lactose intolerant? Even if you push him (accidentally) into the pond in Central Park? How far do you have to go before it starts to be right? Moving and darkly funny, romantic, shocking, painful page-turnerSays 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 downWhether youre a parent or not, you cant fail to be moved Daily Express Funny and painful. Will strke a chord with anyone who is a member of a family. Good Book Guide Ayelet Waldman isn't afraid to shock people. Quite the reverse. Her declaration last year that she loves her husband more than her children caused an international outcry and catapulted her on to Oprah Winfrey's show to defend herself. Her controversial new novel about the fractured state of family life looks set to do the same ... Honest, touching and acutely observed, it is impossible to put down. One moment I was laughing out loud...while the next I had tears pouring down my face ... But it's the growing relationship between Emilia and her stepson that forms the heart of this tale. Whether you're a parent or not, you can't fail to be moved by it. Daily Express Very moving Margaret Forster A very good, very funny writer ... The perfect book for anyone who doesn't already know that motherhood is the hardest job in the world. Irish Examiner ·Ayelet Waldman is an uplifting discovery: a fant

Un mes en la vida de una mujer, escritora, esposa y madre de cuatro hijos que busca la estabilidad depositando sobre su lengua dos gotas de LSD. «Dos días después abrí el buzón y encontré un paquete.

Un mes en la vida de una mujer, escritora, esposa y madre de cuatro hijos que busca la estabilidad depositando sobre su lengua dos gotas de LSD.«Dos días después abrí el buzón y encontré un paquete.