{"product_id":"maud-gone-kathleen-rockwell-lawrence-9781948835053","title":"Maud Gone","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaud Malone Devlin, 8.5 months pregnant, has two big problems-well, three if you count the size of her belly. Her birthing class instructor, the very definition of blond bombshell, is a fraud intent on selling Maud a \"painless birth\". And that's just the beginning of Maud's discomfort. On the eve of their first child's birth, she discovers her husband Jack has his eyes-and hands-set on the instructor when he should be focused on Maud's meditation exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite Jack's pleas, Maud holes up with the baby at her friend Johanna's, until her post-partum insomnia drives Maud further upstate to the care of Doctor Dad. When her insomnia gives rise to a lucrative business, Maud is fortuitously presented with an opportunity to take revenge against her rival. Maud deals with the husband-stealing birthing instructor, but now what about the husband?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This loving wacky first novel whose messages about love, motherhood and the human condition in general are delivered with a light hand and deft touch.\" -\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A rambunctious, down-to-earth sense of humor...bound to hold interest for many of those currently having babies late while juggling work, friendship, family, marriage, and disillusion.\" -\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An author with a wicked wit and something of the sensibility of Mary McCarthy. If her novel were nothing but funny, it would have been well worth reading; that it is much more makes it compelling.\" -\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[T]rue vividness...Maud's spirit is winning and her predicaments are real... considerable beguilement...innocent and spunky...perceptive sensibility. -\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lively and fun to read. Part satire on upwardly mobile urbanites, part gentle family comedy...very clever.-\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lawrence writes with-how's this for an old-fashioned word- humanity. She is most compelling, comfortable and convincing about family.\" -\u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lawrence at her satiric best... wry and witty sensibilities...irreverent...a light-hearted modern marriage tale.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] gift for funny language...Resist the urge to give Maud a good shake and you'll be rewarded by a smartass voice that will keep you laughing. Her confusion is a vehicle for some of the funniest writing about growing up Catholic that I've read in a while.\" -\u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The characters are eccentric yet believable...A comic tartness unique to itself...its message about the imperfections, insanities, and joys of all man\/woman and parent\/child relationships is delightfully clear.\" -\u003ci\u003eWoman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A very wise, funny and irreverent novel. Insightful prose and wry humor propel the novel to its hilarious denouement when Maud finds that revenge, landing whole and uncut in her lap, is not just sweet, but 'downright ambrosial.' So, too, will you find this book.\" -\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lawrence tells her story with a sympathetic, wryly comic eye. She's especially aware of the richness and oddity of family life...she makes even the heavily worked terrain of Catholic girlhood fresh, particular and funny. As an entertaining discourse on the three M's-marriage, motherhood, and maturity, \u003ci\u003eMaud Gone\u003c\/i\u003e is an admirable success. \" -\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Enquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathleen Rockwell Lawrence is the author of three books - her two novels \u003ci\u003eMaud Gone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Room in Manhattan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Boys I Didn't Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of her essays, several of which appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Ms., Glamour, Salon, Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Antioch Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She is grateful for her residencies at Yaddo, MacDowell, Bread Loaf, and Ragdale. She has taught at Hunter College High School and The City University of New York. Lawrence is a member of PEN America, The Authors Guild, and The Writers Room, where she is currently working\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Rockwell Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948835053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948835053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dca, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kathleen Rockwell Lawrence","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088983109887,"sku":"9781948835053","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_260ac171-67be-45b1-ab98-b5cd98d83b36.jpg?v=1769107629","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maud-gone-kathleen-rockwell-lawrence-9781948835053","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}