Gwendolen Gross, author of The Other Mother, to Speak at East Brunswick Public Library

Come to the East Brunswick Public Library to hear Gwendolen Gross speak about her new motherhood novel, The Other Mother on May 6, 2008 8:00pm (free event).

Gwendolen Gross’ novel, The Other Mother, is described by Booklist as "an electrifyingly complex and explosively gripping portrait of contemporary, have-it-all motherhood" and is the selection of four national book clubs.

The Other Mother has been featured in the New York Daily News, the Toronto Star, Redbook, OK! Magazine, and on National Public Radio. The Other Mother was selected as a best Jersey book of 2007 by Jersey Writers, a best book of the year by the RoleMommy blog, a book of the week on Amazon, and is on the Amazon bestsellers list (Women’s Friendship).

The Mom Gadget Blog says that The Other Mother "captures the truest most vulnerable times any mother has experienced, as one mother struggles with the fact that all her kids will soon be attending school -- while the other struggles with returning to work with a newborn at home ... The characters are so believable and are sure to leave a lasting impression, long after the final page has been turned."

The Other Mother is available at Amazon and in bookstores.

In connection with the book, Ms. Gross, an award-winning writing instructor, is offering a free online writing workshop for moms. In this interactive forum, mothers write stories inspired by their experiences and choices. Gross says, “I started this writing workshop encourage women to explore the meaning of motherhood through writing, and to share their experiences in hopes of better understanding each other.”

Gwendolen Gross is the author of the novels Field Guide, Getting Out, and most recently, The Other Mother. She graduated from Oberlin College, received an MFA in fiction and poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, and was selected for the PEN West Emerging Writers Fellowship. In addition to her novels, Ms. Gross has published poems and stories in dozens of literary magazines, as well as essays in collections including It's A Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons and It's A Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters. Ms. Gross lives in northern New Jersey with her family.

Event Details

East Brunswick Public Library
2 Jean Walling Civic Center
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Tel: 732-390-6950
May 6, 2008, 8:00pm, Free
Sponsored by The Friends of the East Brunswick Public Library

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"Don’t tell me that you never listened in to your neighbors on the baby monitor. I don’t believe you..."

Jersey Writers at NJ.com Features The Other Mother: Maureen Berzok of Jersey Writers ( NJ.com) says:"Well, has this one [The Other Mother] caught your interest yet? The predicament of the working mom who sacrifices time with her kid to provide for her kid. Top that with putting another woman in the house! Fires, dead animals, 'his arm,' Lyndhurst. Now there's New Jersey for you."

My Life As It Is blog book review of The Other Mother: A Novel

Today's featured book review of The Other Mother: A Novel by Gwendolen Gross is from the mom blog "My Life As It Is."

“I’m speechless. I have too much to say. I don’t know what to say. I don’t know where to begin. But there is so much to say. The book [The Other Mother] was amazing. ... As the story continues we truly get to know both Moms. OMG – I loved them both. I hated them both. I wanted to hug them both. I wanted to shake them both. I wanted to crawl into the pages and bang THEIR heads together. There was so much of ME in both of them.”

— My Life As It Is

To read the full book review of this new motherhood novel, visit the mom blog: My Life As It Is.

"The Other Mother: A Novel" Now Available on Amazon's New Portable Reader Called "Kindle"

Just announced today, Amazon is introducing the new portable wireless reader called Kindle. And, The Other Mother: A Novel by Gwendolen Gross is available as a Kindle Book (E-book) that can be downloaded in under one minute and is priced at $9.99.

According to Amazon, "Three years ago, we set out to design and build an entirely new class of device—a convenient, portable reading device with the ability to wirelessly download books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers. The result is Amazon Kindle."

There are more than 88,000 Kindle books available. In addition, there are Kindle versions major U.S. and international newpapers and magazines such as Time and Forbes. You can read reviews of Kindle here.

"Motherhood seems to trigger a biological urge to judge other females." - USA Today reviews The Other Mother

USA Today - in the Mommy Lit Book Roundup - reviews The Other Mother saying “The Other Mother belongs in a new fiction genre: mommy-war lit. Mothers of infants through the kindergarten set will find it compelling — be they stay-at-home mothers or working.”

“Author Gwendolen Gross' best insights are into how the two women's own childhoods and moms have shaped their choices. And how motherhood seems to trigger a biological urge to judge other females.”