Amy Sohn

With her trademark blend of social satire, interpersonal drama, and urban glamour (The New York Times), Amy Sohn delivers a candid, unsentimental look at modern marriage. In her acclaimed novels, Amy Sohn has beguiled us with her pinpoint observations of how we live and love, giving voice to our innermost thoughts and everyday anxieties. Now, in Motherland, her most diverting book to date, she introduces us to five mothers and fathers in Cape Cod, Park Slope, and Greenwich Village who find themselves adrift professionally and personally. Rebecca Rose, whose husband has been acting aloof, is tempted by the attentions of a former celebrity f lame; Marco Goldstein, saddled with two kids when his husband, Todd, is away on business, turns to anonymous sex for comfort; Danny Gottlieb, a screenwriter on the cusp of a big break, leaves his wife and children to pitch a film (and meet young women) in Los Angeles; fallen sanctimommy Karen Bryan Shapiro, devastated by her husbands infidelity and abandonment, attempts a fresh start with a hot single dad; and former A-list actress Melora Leigh plots a star turn on Broadway to revive her Hollywood career. As their stories intersect in surprising ways and their deceptions spiral out of control, they begin to question their beliefs about family, happiness, and themselves. Equal parts moving and richly entertaining, Motherland is a fresh take on modern marriage that confirms Amy Sohn as one of our most insightful commentators on relationships and parenting in America today.

Ariel Steiner tiene veintidós años, acaba de graduarse en una prestigiosa universidad y ahora ha vuelto a Nueva York para ser una gran estrella y comerse el mundo de un solo bocado. Fue una actriz infantil, aunque no demasiado destacada y, cuando dejo de ser niña y su estrella comenzo a declinar, decidio estudiar en la universidad. Ahora quiere retomar su carrera, pero su agente le dice que para papeles de ingenua su especialidad le sobran siete kilos, y que se ponga a dieta.Entretanto, Ariel no tiene mas remedio que continuar viviendo con sus muy comprensivos padres y recurrir a los trabajos temporales. Hasta que un dia consigue el papel principal de una version rockera y muy pasada de Lolita de Nabokov, en la que Ariel tiene que construir su personaje con sus propias experiencias eroticas. Y es entoces cuando, tras liarse brevemente con el director, descubre su talento como narradora de su vida sexual-sentimental y tambien sus extraordinarias dotes para relacionarse con los tios mas impresentables de la fauna urbana. Y acaba de columnista en la muy leida revista City Weeks, donde su unica obligacion es desnudarse ella misma y desnudar en palabras, de la manera mas descarnada y divertida posible, a todos sus ligues, sus amantes, sus posibles principes azules.

A fun, funny, steamy, and unputdownable (Entertainment Weekly) new novel from bestselling author Amy Sohn, in which an ambitious young actress discovers that every marriage is a mystery and that sometimes the greatest performances dont take place on screen.When Hollywood heartthrob Steven Weller pulls Maddy Freed out of obscurity for a starring role in his newest Oscar-worthy film, she feels her career roaring onto the express track. Stevens professional attention soon turns personal, and Maddy falls headlong into a fairytale romance with the worlds most eligible bachelor. Shes sure theres no truth to the gay rumors that have followed him for years, but soon realizes she cannot afford to ask too many questions about his complicated past. A sexy and engaging (Emma Straub) page-turner set in a tantalizing world of glamour and scandal, of red carpets and ruthless competition, of scheming agents and the prying eye of the press, The Actress sits perfectly between Joan Didions Play It as It Lays and Jackie Collinss Hollywood Wives.A valuable contribution to the canon of Hollywood fiction (Slate). Booklist calls it addictiveThis may well be Sohns breakout book.

From the New York Times bestselling author and one of the citys most provocative columnists comes a hip, contemporary novel about love, lust, and living in the same neighborhood as your parents. When twenty-six-year-old Rachel Block started rabbinical school, she didnt think shed be dropping out after a semester and a half. But when a sick man dies under her counseling, she realizes shes not cut out for the rabbinate. To make ends meet, she takes a job as a bartender in Cobble Hill, her Brooklyn neighborhood -- much to her parents chagrin. Until now Rachel has always been the perfect daughter, getting straight As and dating nice Jewish boys. Now shes fending off come-ons from sleazy guys and trying to remember the ingredients in a Metropolitan. Its the quintessential quarter-life crisis, compounded by the fact that shes still living just blocks from her childhood home. To make matters worse, shes having trouble sleeping -- she can barely get through the night without being awakened by the amorous noises of her sexy friend and upstairs neighbor, Liz Kaminsky. Then Rachel falls in love with Hank Powell, an iconoclastic screenwriter twice her age (and a Gentile!) and finds herself acting more and more like Liz. Suddenly shes reassessing her values, her surroundings, and everything shes ever believed about the "right" kind of relationship. She begins dressing up in outrageous outfits for midday trysts, while hiding the dirty details from a newly modest Liz. Meanwhile, her interactions with her father, with whom shes always been close, have become increasingly strange. Is he distraught that shes dropped out of school? Is he having his own (midlife) crisis? Or is he upset over her mothers newfound independence, now that shes entered menopause and discovered the joys of a book group? Somethings up...and Rachels increasingly convinced it might be her fathers libido. With Rachels own relationship getting wilder and weirder and her parents acting like teenagers, it seems that everyone in Cobble Hill is going crazy. A fresh spin on Philip Roths Portnoys Complaint, My Old Man is a sexy comedy about a dysfunctional Brooklyn family coming apart at the seams.

In Amy Sohns smart, sexy, satirical peek into the bedrooms and hearts of Prospect Park West, the lives of four women come together during one long, hot Brooklyn summer.The lives of these four Brooklynite women look basic on the outsidebut inside, each woman feels a building frustration with life that could burst any second. Frustrated Oscar-winning actress Melora Leigh, eager to relieve the pressures of raising her adopted toddler, feels the seductive pull of kleptomania; Rebecca Rose, missing her formerly robust sex life, begins a dangerous flirtation with handsome neighborhood celebrity Lizzi ODonnell, so-called "former" lesbian, wonders what draws her to women despite her sexy husband and adorable baby; and Karen Bryan Shapiro consumes herself with a powerful obsession that is sure to complete her perfect lifesnagging the ultimate three-bedroom apartment in a well-maintained, P.S. 321zoned co-op building. As the womens paths intertwined (and sometimes collide), each must struggle to keep her man, her sanity...and her playdates.

"I was only twenty-two and already I was infamous..." So begins Amy Sohns hilarious and wise debut novel, Run Catch Kiss.When the saucy Ariel Steiner returns home to New York City to be an actress, she is buoyed by daydreams of becoming Hollywoods hottest ingenue. Nothing can stand in her way -- nothing, that is, but her freshman-fifteen pounds, a senile talent agent, and the fact that shes living back home with her parents in Brooklyn.While waiting for the ever-elusive big break, Ariel discovers a hidden talent for channeling her erotic fantasies and becomes a sex columnist at New Yorks hottest downtown weekly. Soon, art and life are imitating one another, and the junkies, commitmentphobes, and other subjects of Ariels columns are wreaking havoc on her life. But when she finally falls in love, the real Ariel must stand up. Is she a nice Jewish girl who wants to settle down or a brazen sex kitten whod rather meet a deadline than the man of her dreams?Sharp, savvy, and irresistible, Run Catch Kiss is a tongue-in-cheek commentary on that dangerous turn-of-the-century phenomenon: the single girl who wants it all.

A forty-year-old cheerleader? When Laura Vikmanis, a single mom in Ohio, told friends that she wanted to be an NFL cheerleader, they said it would never happen. But she proved them all wrong. . . . Laura Vikmanis has got spirit . . . and pom-poms, too! But before she stepped onto the field as the oldest cheerleader in the National Football League, she was sidelined by a bad marriage and the many responsibilities of stay-at-home motherhood. She finally got the courage to leave her husband and to ask herself something she had never asked before: What do I want to do? Remembering her teenage love of dance, she signed up for a pole-dancing fitness class, where she met a former cheerleader for the Cincinnati Bengals. When the woman suggested that Laura audition to be a Ben-Gal, Laura laughed her off but soon realized that the audition process could be a way of healing herselfand regaining her confidence. Her boots were made for walkingbut also for stomping on a football field. She tried out for the team next to girls young enough to be her daughters. Girls with tighter abs, fuller hair, no kids, and no crows-feet. After much adversity and multiple auditions, she finally made the team, becoming the oldest cheerleader in the League. Its Not About the Pom-Poms follows Lauras inspiring, funny, and eye-opening journey from demoralized divorcee to high-kicking Cincinnati Ben-Gal. Readers will cheer her on as she rediscovers her passion for dancing, takes hip-hop classes with twelve-year-olds, loses twenty-five pounds, discovers her abs, finds love again, and becomes a new kind of role model to her daughters. Laura also provides an inside look into the fascinating world of NFL cheerleadersthe grueling workouts, bad pay, twice-weekly weigh-ins, but, most important, the lifelong bond between the women, who do it all for the glory. Leading with her heart, Laura Vikmanis faces adversity with her head held high as she learns in mid-life to take a flying leap. Powerful and uplifting, Its Not About the Pom-Poms shows that, no matter your age, its never too late to go, fight, and win!

A neighborhood comes together to help find a lost dog in this lively picture book based on a true story.Its a busy morning in the city. Yotam and his mom stop in at their local café on the way to school, tying their dogs leash to an outside chair as usual. But today isnt usual. Bailey the dog gets startled by something and is suddenly dashing down Henry Street, freed of her leash and frantic. Before Yotam can catch up with her, she has disappeared. And thats when lots of neighbors get involved, joining in the search for the missing dog and offering all kinds of support and love. This bright, energetic book is inspired by a true Brooklyn story of strangers rallying to help their neighbor. Its a rousing, feel-good animal adventure for the picture book audience, and a portrait of community at its best and kindest.