Layover - Hardcover

Zeidner, Lisa

 
9780375502866: Layover

Synopsis

Tired of coping with an unfaithful husband, the death of a young child, and fertility problems, Claire decides to abandon her previous life to confront love, loss, and the mysteries of life on the road. 15,000 first printing.

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About the Authors

Lisa Zeidner is the author of three novels, most recently Limited Partnerships, and two poetry collections, one of which won the Brittingham Prize. Her stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in many publications, including GQ and The New York Times. She is a professor at Rutgers University and lives in Haddonfield, New Jersey, with her husband and son.

Lisa Zeidner is a professor at Rutgers University.

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your idea of a heroine, and meet Claire Newbold. Despite hardship--a young child's death, infertility, an unfaithful husband--wry, ferocious Claire has been trying to soldier on. But then she simply checks out of job and home to confront love and loss on the road. During the leave of absence she takes from her usual life, her behavior ranges from the illicit to--she fears--the deranged. She develops a scam for staying in hotel rooms without paying. She seduces a teenage boy at a hotel swimming pool. Armed with a dangerous amount of medical lore (her husband is a surgeon), she pursues a diagnosis that might explain everything.

Claire even comes to believe that she is clairvoyant--able to "read" the souls of people she encounters on her travels. And eventually she begins to see into her own soul. Some might call her sexual exploits "casual"; to Claire they are anything but. As she struggles to repair her marriage and her life, she surprises herse

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