Bøger af Meg Wolitzer

The author of "The Interestings" hailed in the "Sunday Telegraph" as 'one of America's most ingenious and important writers' emerges with a warm and immersive epic on ambition, power, womanhood and the struggle for a place in the world. The level of compassion and insight is comparable with the work of Anne Tyler, and the ambition on display recalls Jonathan Franzen.

What if every woman in town suddenly went on strike?For the people of Stellar Plains, the staging of a new school production of an Athenian drama coincides with a mysterious cold wind that blows into houses and into hearts, stilling passion and cooling sheets.

Everything changes for the four Mellow children the day they find a book called Pleasuring on the shelf.

For years, Sara Swerdlow was transported by an unfettered sense of immortality. Floating along on loving friendships and the adoration of her mother, Natalie, Sara's notion of death was entirely alien to her existence. But when a summer night's drive out for ice cream ends in tragedy, thirty-year-old Sara -- "held aloft and shimmering for years" -- finally lands.Mining the intricate relationship between love and mourning, acclaimed novelist Meg Wolitzer explores a single, overriding question: who, finally, "owns" the excruciating loss of this young woman -- her mother or her closest friends? Depicting the aftermath of Sara's shocking death with piercing humor and shattering realism, SURRENDER, DOROTHY is the luminously thoughtful, deeply moving exploration of what it is to be a mother and a friend, and, above all, what it takes to heal from unthinkable loss.

Max discovers that uniqueness is more than just a name, in this funny, lively picture book debut by the bestselling author of The Interestings.Max''s room has his name all over it--on his blanket and night light and wall. His parents call him The One and Only Max. And so, he is in for a big surprise at the playground one day, when he hears "Max, time to go home!" and two other kids come running. He''s not the one and only after all! How many Maxes are in the world?! Millions of Maxes? But when he decides to help one of the other Maxes find her missing toy, he discovers that there are other ways to be special, and that he can appreciate the specialness of his new Max friends just as much as his own. That night he dreams of the future adventures he''ll have with all of the Maxes he has yet to meet.

Best-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction. "If you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn't go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing. To cast a vote for what you love and then wait for the outcome," writes Meg Wolitzer in her introduction. The Best American Short Stories 2017 casts a vote for and celebrates all that is our country. Here you'll find a man with a boyfriend and a girlfriend, naval officers trapped on a submarine, a contestant on America's Funniest Home Videos, and a gay man desperate to be a father-unforgettable characters waiting for an outcome, burning with stories to tell.The Best American Short Stories 2017 includes T. C. BOYLE • JAI CHAKRABARTI • EMMA CLINE • DANIELLE EVANS • LAUREN GROFF • ERIC PUCHNER • JIM SHEPARD • CURTIS SITTENFELD • JESS WALTERand others

A New York Times Bestseller ';A powerful coming-of-age story that looks at ambition, friendship, identity, desire, and power from the much-needed female lens."e; Bustle ';Ultra-readable.'Vogue From theNew York Times-bestselling author ofThe Interestings, comes an electric novel not just about who we want to be with, but who we want tobe.To be admired by someone we admirewe all yearn for this: the private, electrifying pleasure of being singled out by someone of esteem. But sometimes it can also mean entry to a new kind of life, a bigger world.Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greermadly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite placefeels her inner world light up. And then, astonishingly, Faith invites Greer to make something out of that sense of purpose, leading Greer down the most exciting path of her life as it winds toward and away from her meant-to-be love story with Cory and the future she'd always imagined.Charming and wise, knowing and witty, Meg Wolitzer delivers a novel about power and influence, ego and loyalty, womanhood and ambition. At its heart, The Female Persuasion is about the flame we all believe is flickering inside of us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time. It's a story about the people who guide and the people who follow (and how those roles evolve over time), and the desire within all of us to be pulled into the light.

På toppen af den seksuelle frigørelse og deres egen forelskelse skriver ægteparret Paul og Roz Mellow i 1975 en bog om sexlivets ypperste glæder – til deres børns store skræk. Bogen ’Lyst – et pars rejse mod tilfredsstillelse’ er rigt illustreret med udførlige beskrivelser og tegninger af dem selv i alle mulige stillinger, blandt andet stillingen ’elektrisk tilgivelse’, som ægteparret mener selv at have opfundet. Bogen bliver øjeblikkeligt en bestseller og ændrer familiens og ikke mindst børnenes liv for altid. 30 år efter er Paul og Roz for længst skilt, og familien spredt for alle vinde, da en driftig forlagsredaktør får den idé at genudgive bogen. Mens de forskellige familiemedlemmer skændes om projektet, toner de fire børns liv frem, alle fyldt med problemer med kærligheden, identitet og arbejde, forældreskab og, selvfølgelig, sex.

Discover the generation-defining American novel from the author of The WifeWhatever became of the most talented people you once knew? On a warm summer night in 1974, six teenagers play at being cool.

For a group of four New York friends, the past ten years have been defined by marriage and motherhood. Illicit affairs, money problems, issues with children and husbands all rear their heads, and the friends wonder if it's time for a change...

Their SecretJoe and Joan Castleman are en route to Helsinki. Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he will receive there, while Joan is plotting how to leave him. For too long she has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, whilst quietly being the keystone of his success.