Gwendolen Gross - The Other Mother

Meet Gwendolen Gross, author of The Other Mother, for an author talk and discussion at the Ramsey Public Library in Ramsey, New Jersey on Sunday, November 16th at 2:00pm. The event is free and open to all.

The founders of the popular (and sometimes controversial) Silicon Valley Moms Blog recently launched the New Jersey Moms Blog. Gwendolen Gross, author of The Other Mother, is a featured contributor to this new addition to New Jersey’s online world.

Gwendolen Gross’ motherhood novel, The Other Mother, is now in stock at Bookends Bookstore in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Booklist says this novel is "an electrifyingly complex and explosively gripping portrait of contemporary, have-it-all motherhood."

Come to the East Brunswick Public Library to hear Gwendolen Gross speak about her motherhood novel, The Other Mother on May 6, 2008 8:00pm (free, at 2 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick, NJ 08816).

The Other Mother by Gwendolen Gross is now available in Dutch under the title Moederoog (“Eye of the Mother”) as translated by Fanneke Cnossen. The Dutch publisher is Uitgeverij Archipel.

Did you know that “women writers” is one of the most popular tags on Amazon.com? Tags are labels customers apply to products. The tag women writers is used over nine-thousand times (actually 9,452 as of Christmas day) to label an Amazon product.

"The Other Mother: A Novel" by Gwendolen Gross recently reached number 4 on Amazon's list of best selling books about friendship in the women's fiction category.

In a free online writing workshop called "The Other Mother — For Moms Who Write," women explore their own choices about balancing work and family, the joy and struggles of motherhood, and feelings of guilt, resentment, and regret.

USA Today reviews "The Other Mother: A Novel" saying "Author Gwendolen Gross' best insights are into how the two women's own childhoods and moms have shaped their choices. And how motherhood seems to trigger a biological urge to judge other females."

In a recent interview, Metropolitan Mama chats with Gwendolen Gross, author of The Other Mother: A Novel. The Metropolitan Mama is also offering a random drawing for a free, signed copy of The Other Mother (deadline to enter, midnight 11/15).