Synopsis
A middle-aged woman coping with an unfaithful husband, infertility, and years of grieving her dead son, Claire Newbold abruptly leaves her home and job to embark on a life on the road, where her behavior ranges from the illicit to the deranged. Reprint.
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Review
'Subtle, astute [...] With Layover, Zeidner joins the ranks of Doris Lessing, Margaret Atwood and Fay Weldon' -- The New York Times Book Review, Notable Book of the year
'Zeidner's writing is like her heroine: taut, intelligent, and seductive' -- New Yorker
'Marvelous... Layover is that rarest of books, one to be read again and again' --Newsweek
'The psychic death, and rebirth, of a saleswoman, Layover is a chillingly modern pilgrimage... Lisa Zeidner writes with the precision and the ear of the poet she is' --Kathryn Harrison
'A wicked sendup of contemporary life, deconstructing the men whose professions give them a false send of aggrandizement and the women who live with them' -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
'Intelligent, sarcastic, and slightly unhinged, Claire is a fascinating character. Zeidner has done a wonderful job capturing the dark night of the soul that comes to virtually all of us eventually by exploring the depths of Claire's grief and anger without once slipping into melodrama or cliche' -- Booklist
'A sharp and wryly moving portrait of a woman in the midst of a breakdwon [...] A wise and satisfying read' --Kirkus
About the Author
Lisa Zeidner has published five novels, including the critically acclaimed Layover, and two books of poems. Her stories, reviews, and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Slate, GQ, Tin House, and elsewhere. She directs the M.F.A program in creative writing at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey.
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