Lauren Grodstein – författare

It''s a Saturday morning in Brooklyn. Joel Miller, age twenty-eight, stands outside his locked bathroom door. Behind it are his girlfriend Lisa, a Dixie cup, and a pregnancy test. While she stalls for time, Miller is left in his hallway to wonder and wait: for the results of the test, for the pieces of his addled life to come together, for some kind of divine intervention to guide his actions when Lisa finally emerges.Thus begins Lauren Grodstein''s beguiling debut novel, a wise, wonderfully assured journey deep into the heart of the commitmentphobic male. Awaiting test results that could determine his future, Miller finds himself replaying all he has seen of love so far. There was his father Stan''s awkward balancing act between doting father and failed husband, and his mother Bay''s refusal to accept that Stan was never coming back. There was his playboy friend Grant''s devastation upon falling for the one woman he couldn''t have. And most of all, there was Miller''s own prior relationship--with Blair, the aloof beauty he can''t stop thinking about, the one who got away. With past and present colliding in his hallway, Miller begins to realize just how little he really knows about intimacy, love and potential fatherhood--and more important, about what he''s going to do next.Reproduction is the Flaw of Love fearlessly charts the romantic odyssey of one endearing New York bachelor, and in so doing illuminates some universal truths about family, loyalty, devotion, and love.From the Hardcover edition.

In this beautiful story of connection and self-reflection, a missing dog in Georgia sets Amy Webb on an adventure away from her tumultuous marriage and towards a journey of self-discovery and joy.  Amy Webb is a chef. Or rather, she was a chef.  Somewhere along the way she also became a wife and a stepmother and an emergency contact, and the part of her that was a chef disappeared entirely—along with her sense of self. Which is why she is currently in the republic of Georgia, on a mission to find a lost dog named Angel, and, more importantly, the life’s purpose she once took for granted.    For months, Amy has escaped by watching Youtube videos of Angel walking the children of Tbilisi to school. When Angel goes missing, Amy volunteers to go find him. The fact that her husband may be having (another) affair and her stepson is away at college probably has something to do with it. Who is Amy, after all, if she’s not taking care of other people?    But to her surprise, Angel proves elusive, and while she does make friends with a number of stray dogs, what she finds in Tblisi is entirely human. Is she happy in her marriage? What happened to her career? Why doesn’t she ever cook anymore, even just for herself?     Helping her on this journey of self-discovery is a rebellious teenager, a mysterious and attractive Russian, and several post-Soviet grandmothers. And, of course, the rich food and culture and complicated politics of Georgia itself.    After a lifetime of looking away from her own needs and appetites, Amy is forced to confront what she really wants and how to finally find herself— And a dog.

Für Pete Dizinoff läuft alles prima. Er hat eine erfolgreiche Praxis, eine liebevolle Frau und ein hübsches Haus in einem gediegenen Vorort. Vor allem hat Pete einen Sohn, Alec, für den er nur das Beste will.Aber eines Tages und nach langer Abwesenheit taucht Laura wieder auf, die Tochter von Petes bestem Freund. Sie ist zehn Jahre älter als Alec, unwiderstehlich schön und steht in dem Verdacht, als Teenager ihr Baby bei der heimlichen Geburt getötet zu haben.Alec ist sofort von Laura hingerissen, Pete hingegen sieht seine Träume für den Sohn zerplatzen. In dem festen Glauben, nur in Alecs Sinne zu handeln, versucht er, die Beziehung seines Sohnes zu hintertreiben. Doch es sieht so aus, als ob er selber ein Auge auf Laura geworfen hätte. Und alles gerät außer Kontrolle ...