LAURA ZIGMAN

Elise conoce al hombre de su vida en un avión de Nueva York a Washington. Donald es alto, moreno, sonríe de una forma encantadora y, sorprendentemente, no tiene ni mujer ni hijos; sólo un perro y una exnovia. Bueno, ex prometida: Adrienne. Adrienne le cedió la custodia del perro cuando se separaron. Está graduada en Yale, tiene un romántico origen francés y es dolorosamente atractiva. Para colmo, apareceen Washington con la peligrosa intención de quedarse a vivir allí. Para Elise, “ella” no es una ex cualquiera. Es la “madre” de todas las ex, y una tortura china. Gota a gota, Adrienne está acabando con su corduray su dignidad, arrastrándola a un estado de inseguridad permanente. A medida que la boda con Donald se acerca, la situación se va volviendo cada vez más insostenible.

Eles amam-nas e abandonam-nas! Se um touro recusa uma vaca velha porque é que as mulheres se espantam quando são abandonadas? Uma comédia romântica, vibrante e espirituosa! - Delicie-se com este suce

" C'était moi, la future épouse. Moi qui régnerais dons cette fonction. Moi qui choisissais les cartons d'invitation, les traiteurs, les décors de table et les robes de mariée. [. ] Et pourtant, c'était moi qui commençais à me conduire comme une folle. " Quand elle est montée dans l'avion New York-Washington, Élise a su qu'elle épouserait Donald. Mais elle a aussi entendu immédiatement parler d'Adrienne. L'ex, c'est elle : brune, immense, des lèvres pulpeuses à se damner. Elle a tout lu, elle connaît le tout New York. Même Fran et Gayle, les deux copines d'Elise, sont sous le charme ! Mais pourquoi Donald et Adrienne se sont-ils séparés ? Que mijote-t-elle, lorsqu'elle déménage à Washington, à deux pâtés de maisons du couple ? Et quand elle remue ciel et terre pour offrir à Elise la robe de mariée de ses rêves ? Amour, confiance et amitié sont mis à rude épreuve, dans cette comédie décapante !.

Ellen Franck isnt in love with Big Bird. After all, hes a big yellow Sesame Street character -- and shes an intelligent single woman with a fabulous job. On the other hand, Big Bird is looking like a better candidate for fatherhood every day: hes tall, affectionate, and steadily employed. And right now, for Ellen, thirty-five years old and dying to have a baby, almost any father will do.In her hilarious and heartbreaking new novel, Laura Zigman, bestselling author of Animal Husbandry, explores what happens when the life weve chosen isnt that life we expected it to be. And at this point Ellen Franck is rethinking all her choices. Mired in a relationship with a man who is better at brooding than breeding, sister to a woman who cant seem to stop having babies, and working under a boss who is about to have the baby shower of the decade, Ellen knows the path to motherhood is clear. All she has to do is leave her relationship, horrify her family, find an anonymous father, and become independently wealthy.Piece of cake.

Elise meets Donald on a flight to Washington, D.C., where he teaches and she edits self-help books. He is dreamy: 66 with unflinching green eyes and a proclivity for speaking frankly. Incredibly, they fall in love, get engaged, and start discussing wedding invitations.And then Elise meets herAdrienneDonalds stunning, leggy ex-fiancee. Adrienne is newly single and planning a move to D.C. Cleavage-baring, half-French, and with a degree from Yale, she seduces men with one flick of her hair. Worst of all, she and Donald have remained good friends since they broke up. Convinced that Adrienne is out to win Donald back, Elise begins stalking both of them obsessively . . . and starts adding up clues to what looks like a brazen affair.

Separation Anxiety is a hilarious, heart-breaking and thought-provoking portrait of a difficult marriage, as fierce as it is funny.... My advice: Start reading and dont stop until you get to the last page of this wise and wonderful novel." Alice Hoffman AN ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM:Entertainment Weekly * Cosmopolitan * USA Today * Real Simple * Parade * Buzzfeed * Glamour * PopSugar From bestselling author Laura Zigman, a hilarious novel about a wife and mother whose life is unraveling and the well-intentioned but increasingly disastrous steps she takes to course-correct her relationships, her career, and her belief in herselfJudy never intended to start wearing the dog. But when she stumbled across her son Teddys old baby sling during a halfhearted basement cleaning, something in her snapped. So: the dog went into the sling, Judy felt connected to another living being, and shes repeated the process every day since.Life hasnt gone according to Judys plan. Her career as a childrens book author offered a glimpse of success before taking an embarrassing nose dive. Teddy, now a teenager, treats her with some combination of mortification and indifference. Her best friend is dying. And her husband, Gary, has become a pot-addled professional snackologist who she cant afford to divorce. On top of it all, she has a painfully ironic job writing articles for a self-help websitea poor fit for someone seemingly incapable of helping herself.Wickedly funny and surprisingly tender, Separation Anxiety offers a frank portrait of middle-aged limbo, examining the ebb and flow of lifes most important relationships. Tapping into the insecurities and anxieties that most of us keep under wraps, and with a voice that is at once gleefully irreverent and genuinely touching, Laura Zigman has crafted a new classic for anyone taking fumbling steps toward happiness.

[A] brave and heartfelt book of truths.New York Times Book Review (A Group Text Pick and Editors Choice)A Boston.com Book Club Pick!From bestselling author Laura Zigman comes a heartfelt novel about two offbeat and newly divorced sisters who move in together as adultsand finally reckon with their childhoodA year after her divorce, Joyce is settling into being single again. She likes her job archiving family photos and videos, and shes developed a secret comforting hobby: trolling the neighborhood social networking site, Small World, for posts that help solve lifes easiest problems. When her older sister, Lydia, also divorced, calls to tell her shes moving back east from Los Angeles after almost thirty years away, Joyce invites Lydia to move into her Cambridge apartment. Temporarily. Just until she finds a place of her own.But their unlikely cohabitationnot helped by annoying new neighbors upstairsturns out to be the post-divorce rebound relationship Joyce hadnt planned on. Instead of forging the bond she always dreamed of having with Lydia, their relationship frays. And they rarely discuss the loss of their sister, Eleanor, who was significantly disabled and died when she was only ten years old. When new revelations from their familys history come to light, will those secrets further split them apart, or course correct their connection for the future?Written with wry humor and keen sensitivity,Small World is a powerful novel of sisterhood and hopea reminder that sometimes you have to look back in order to move ahead.

True love doesnt just happen, notes professional matchmaker Patti Novak. You have to work for itand want it. Forget eight-minute speed dates or online dating sites with twenty-page questionnaires that promise a scientifically calculated perfect match. The fact that you both like golf, stamp collecting, and pizza with anchovies is great, but it wont mean a thing if you dont feel that zing. But before there can be sparks, there have to be dates. And before the first date, you need to get over yourself! Taking a tough-love approach, and in her signature straight-shooting style, Patti will show you how to fix what needs to be fixed, reach your core, and identify who you are and what you want in a partner. She uses a three-part common-sense formula: Getting Over What? Assess your dating weaknesses, recognize whats not working, and adjust your expectations. Delve into your personal history and past relationships, and pinpoint the issues that have been holding you back. Almost Over It Fine-tune your attitude, your look, and your behavior to maximize your dating chances. Novak lays out strategies to help you deal with the brutal dating monsters you find along the way. Over It Learn the dos and donts of the first date, the second date, and beyond. Remember, its not a job interview or therapy session. Pretend youre meeting a new friend, not a prospective husband or wife.Finding your one and only isnt about having the right shoes or a flat stomach. Its about being true to yourself, being vulnerable, and being ready for love. Whether youre new to the dating scene, divorced and looking, or just trying to reach that second date, Get Over Yourself! will help you get the love youve always wanted and deserve.

Quirky, comic, honest MARIAN KEYESFunny and charming JUDY BLUMEWise and wonderful ALICE HOFFMANWritten with such humour and heart STYLIST A must read REDIf youve ever wondered whether you love your dog more than your partner...Life hasnt gone according to Judys plan. Her career as a childrens book author has taken a nose dive. Her teenage son Teddy treats her with a combination of embarrassment and indifference. She has separated from her husband, Gary, who is living in the basement as they cant afford a divorce. And every day she has to write content for an uplifting self-help website while stalking her nemesis online - a creativity-lifestyle-coach guru with a social media following the size of Jupiter. All Judy wants is to not feel invisible. All she wants is to fill that space inside her. And when she decides to declutter the house, she hits on a radical solution... Gleefully irreverent, tender, funny and uplifting, Separation Anxiety is a book filled with happiness and heart. A novel about the connections we make, the people we love and the joyful messiness of life.___________________________________________________Praise for Separation Anxiety I adored this wise, funny, sad, quirky story...Its brilliant on the stories we tell ourselves and others in order to resist change, while beating ourselves up about not taking steps towards a happier future. Heartbreaking and life-affirming. Daily MailSeparation Anxiety was exactly what I needed for a change of pace, funny and charming - Judy BlumeWhat a gem of a novel...Its laced with moments of self-doubt and marital mayhem, but also the many small daily acts of mercy and heroism that love inspires.- Diane AckermanI enjoyed Separation Anxiety very much... It has a real freshness of voice and though it is very poignant, several parts also made me laugh out loud - Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of UsSo sweetly funny, so very touching. Sainsburys magazineMy advice: Start reading and dont stop until you get to the last page of this wise and wonderful novel. - Alice Hoffman[A] novel about stress, release, and the unlikely places we turn to for comfort in uncertain times - VogueLaura Zigman is able to home in on the most tender, revealing, exquisitely painful aspects of our relationships with others and with ourselves. And somehow she manages to come out the other end with hope.- Chelsea Handler[Separation Anxiety] is compassionate and funny, articulating with gentle humor the terrible things that were all grappling with. To steal a phrase from my daughter, it made me happy-cry. - Laura Lippman