The Other Mother

A Novel

By Gross, Gwendolen

Publishers Summary:
Amanda is a successful book editor at a prominent publishing house in New York City. Thea is a stay-at-home mother of three who has never really left the community in which she grew up. Amanda, eight months’ pregnant with her first child, and her husband move in next door to Thea and her family, and the two women find themselves both drawn to and repelled by each other and their opposing choices in the constant struggle to balance career and family life.When a disaster forces Amanda and her family to take refuge in Thea’s home, the underlying tensions simmering between them are forced to the surface-and even more so when Thea fills in as Amanda’s temporary nanny. But once dead animals start appearing on Thea’s front porch-surely a macabre gift from Amanda?-the battle with “the other mother” begins in earnest.With a keen eye for what pulls us apart and what brings us together, Gwendolen Gross has created a stunning, dark, suspenseful novel that is as brave as it is shocking.

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ISBN
978-0-30735-292-7
Publisher
Shaye Areheart Books


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Library Journal

Reviewed on June 15, 2007

While her two previous novels (e.g.,Field Guide ) featured adventuring women, Gross's new work stays closer to home. The story is told in alternate voices. Stay-at-home mom Thea lives with husband Caius in the house where she grew up. New next-door neighbor Amanda and husband Aaron never expected to find themselves in the suburbs, much less New Jersey, but with their first child on the way they're putting down roots. While Thea spends her days shu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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