New Novel For Moms, Book Signing Event with Gwendolen Gross, Author of The Other Mother

Oct. 25, 2007 - PRLog -- Meet Gwendolen Gross, author of The Other Mother, for a book signing and Q&A. The book signing is on October 27 from 1-3pm at Bookends Bookstore in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

The Other Mother by Gwendolen Gross (http://www.The-Other-Mother.com) “paints an electrifyingly complex and explosively gripping portrait of contemporary, have-it-all motherhood” says Booklist. Book reviews of The Other Mother describe how the novel speaks to this tension between stay at home and working moms.

Publisher's Weekly says that The Other Mother “documents the front lines of the Mommy Wars, but its real strength lies is exposing the complex inner battlefields motherhood can open up.” National Public Radio calls The Other Mother “a thoughtful, multi-faceted look at what divides and unites mothers.”

In connection with the book, Ms. Gross, an award-winning writing instructor, is offering a free online writing workshop (http://gwendolengross.typepad.com). 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.”

The Other Mother: A Novel is now available from Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Other-Mother-Novel-Gwendolen-Gross/...) and in bookstores.

Event details:
Date and Time: October 27, 2007, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Bookends Bookstore, 232 East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey
Phone: 201-445-0726
Novel website: http://www.The-Other-Mother.com
Event website: http://www.book-ends.com

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Gwendolen Gross is the author of the novels Field Guide, Getting Out, and most recently, The Other Mother. She graduated from Oberlin College, was selected for the PEN West Emerging Writers Fellowship, and received an MFA in fiction and poetry from Sarah Lawrence College. Ms. Gross has worked as a snake and kinkajou demonstrator, naturalist, opera singer, editor, and mom. She lives in northern New Jersey with her family.

Website: www.The-Other-Mother.com