Meg Wolitzer

The American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in this “forceful, beautifully written” (Associated Press) collection that brings together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case. On January 19, 1920, a small group of idealists and visionaries, including Helen Keller, Jane Addams, Roger Baldwin, and Crystal Eastman, founded the American Civil Liberties Union. A century after its creation, the ACLU remains the nation’s premier defender of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. In collaboration with the ACLU, authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman have curated an anthology of essays “full of struggle, emotion, fear, resilience, hope, and triumph” (Los Angeles Review of Books) about landmark cases in the organization’s one-hundred-year history. Fight of the Century takes you inside the trials and the stories that have shaped modern life. Some of the most prominent cases that the ACLU has been involved in—Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Miranda v. Arizona—need little introduction. Others you may never even have heard of, yet their outcomes quietly defined the world we live in now. Familiar or little-known, each case springs to vivid life in the hands of the acclaimed writers who dive into the history, narrate their personal experiences, and debate the questions at the heart of each issue. Hector Tobar introduces us to Ernesto Miranda, the felon whose wrongful conviction inspired the now-iconic Miranda rights—which the police would later read to the man suspected of killing him. Yaa Gyasi confronts the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education, in which the ACLU submitted a friend of- the-court brief questioning why a nation that has sent men to the moon still has public schools so unequal that they may as well be on different planets. True to the ACLU’s spirit of principled dissent, Scott Turow offers a blistering critique of the ACLU’s stance on campaign finance. These powerful stories, along with essays from Neil Gaiman, Meg Wolitzer, Salman Rushdie, Ann Patchett, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Louise Erdrich, George Saunders, and many more, remind us that the issues the ACLU has engaged over the past one hundred years remain as vital as ever today, and that we can never take our liberties for granted. Chabon and Waldman are donating their advance to the ACLU and the contributors are forgoing payment.

To mark its 100-year anniversary, the American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman to bring together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case.On January 19, 1920, a small group of idealists and visionaries, including Helen Keller, Jane Addams, Roger Baldwin, and Crystal Eastman, founded the American Civil Liberties Union. A century after its creation, the ACLU remains the nation’s premier defender of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. In collaboration with the ACLU, authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman have curated an anthology of essays about landmark cases in the organization’s one-hundred-year history. Fight of the Century takes you inside the trials and the stories that have shaped modern life. Some of the most prominent cases that the ACLU has been involved in—Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Miranda v. Arizona—need little introduction. Others you may never even have heard of, yet their outcomes quietly defined the world we live in now. Familiar or little-known, each case springs to vivid life in the hands of the acclaimed writers who dive into the history, narrate their personal experiences, and debate the questions at the heart of each issue. Hector Tobar introduces us to Ernesto Miranda, the felon whose wrongful conviction inspired the now-iconic Miranda rights—which the police would later read to the man suspected of killing him. Yaa Gyasi confronts the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education, in which the ACLU submitted a friend of- the-court brief questioning why a nation that has sent men to the moon still has public schools so unequal that they may as well be on different planets. True to the ACLU’s spirit of principled dissent, Scott Turow offers a blistering critique of the ACLU’s stance on campaign finance. These powerful stories, along with essays from Neil Gaiman, Meg Wolitzer, Salman Rushdie, Ann Patchett, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Louise Erdrich, George Saunders, and many more, remind us that the issues the ACLU has engaged over the past one hundred years remain as vital as ever today, and that we can never take our liberties for granted. Chabon and Waldman are donating their advance to the ACLU and the contributors are forgoing payment.

Chto delat, esli vsju zhizn tebja vosprinimajut kak ten tvoego genialnogo muzha? Da, on pisatel s mirovoj izvestnostju, laureat prestizhnykh literaturnykh premij. No i ty nadelena darom slova i umeesh pisat. Eto istorija dolgogo i burnogo braka, no odnovremenno strastnaja ispoved zheny pisatelja, risujuschaja tu epokhu, kogda muzhchiny, v otlichie ot zhenschin, delali golovokruzhitelnye karery v literature. No tak li vse bylo odnoznachno? Chto esli u semi est svoja pisatelskaja tajna?Perevodchik: Zmeeva Julija

Max discovers that uniqueness is more than just a name, in this funny, lively picture book debut by the bestselling author of The Interestings. Max's room has his name all over it--on his blanket and night light and wall. His parents call him The One and Only Max. And so, he is in for a big surprise at the playground one day, when he hears "Max, time to go home " and two other kids come running. He's not the one and only after all How many Maxes are in the world? Millions of Maxes? But when he decides to help one of the other Maxes find her missing toy, he discovers that there are other ways to be special, and that he can appreciate the specialness of his new Max friends just as much as his own. That night he dreams of the future adventures he'll have with all of the Maxes he has yet to meet.

Vyzvat voskhischenie togo, kem voskhischaeshsja sam - glubinnoe zhelanie kazhdogo iz nas. Eto mozhet opredelit vsju tvoju posledujuschuju zhizn. Tak proiskhodit s 18-letnej pervokursnitsej Grir Kadetski. Ee zamechaet znamenitaja feministka Fejt Frenk - ej 63, ona mudra, uverena v sebe i uzhe prozhila bolshuju zhizn. Ona vidit v Grir nechto mnogoobeschajuschee, priglashaet ee na rabotu, stanovitsja ee nastavnitsej. No so vremenem roli lidera i vedomoj menjajutsja..."Zhenskie ubezhdenija" - mezhpokolencheskij roman o glavenstve i ambitsijakh, ob ego, zhertvennosti i ljubvi, o tom, kakovo eto - iskat svoj put, podderzhku i vnutrennjuju uverennost, kak napolnit svoju zhizn smyslom.Perevodchik: Glebovskaja Aleksandra

From two extraordinary authors comes a moving, exuberant, laugh-out-loud novel about friendship and family, told entirely in emails and letters. Avery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in New York City. Bett Devlin, who's fearless, outgoing, and loves all animals as well as the ocean, lives in California. What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and are both being raised by single, gay dads. When their dads fall in love, Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same sleepaway camp. Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends--and possibly, one day, even sisters. But things soon go off the rails for the girls (and for their dads too), and they find themselves on a summer adventure that neither of them could have predicted. Now that they can't imagine life without each other, will Bett and Avery (who sometimes call themselves Night Owl and Dogfish) figure out a way to be a family?

** Selected by 8 National Newspapers as a Book of the Year ** ** The New York Times Bestseller ** ‘A page-turner that succeeds both at character and ideas’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A warm and immersive novel about ambition, power, women, friendship and finding your place in the world, from the bestselling author of The Wife and The Interestings. Greer Kadetsky is a shy college student when she meets the person who will change her life. Faith Frank, an influential and glamorous figure from the women’s movement, inhabits a very different world to Greer’s. But after a chance encounter Faith singles Greer out and invites her into her life, leading her down a thrilling path as it winds towards and away from her meant-to-be love story with high school sweetheart Cory and the future she had always imagined. Expansive and wise, compassionate and witty, The Female Persuasion is about the spark we all believe is flickering inside us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time.

A New York Times Bestseller "A powerful coming-of-age story that looks at ambition, friendship, identity, desire, and power from the much-needed female lens." --Bustle "Ultra-readable." --Vogue From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Interestings, comes an electric novel not just about who we want to be with, but who we want to be. To be admired by someone we admire--we all yearn for this: the private, electrifying pleasure of being singled out by someone of esteem. But sometimes it can also mean entry to a new kind of life, a bigger world. Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greer--madly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite place--feels her inner world light up. And then, astonishingly, Faith invites Greer to make something out of that sense of purpose, leading Greer down the most exciting path of her life as it winds toward and away from her meant-to-be love story with Cory and the future she'd always imagined. Charming and wise, knowing and witty, Meg Wolitzer delivers a novel about power and influence, ego and loyalty, womanhood and ambition. At its heart, The Female Persuasion is about the flame we all believe is flickering inside of us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time. It's a story about the people who guide and the people who follow (and how those roles evolve over time), and the desire within all of us to be pulled into the light.

A REVERSE PARENT TRAP FOR A NEW GENERATION FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS HOLLY GOLDBERG-SLOAN AND MEG WOLITZER. Avery (Night Owl) is bookish, intense, likes to plan ahead, and is afraid of many things. Bett (Dogfish) is fearless, outgoing, and lives in the moment. What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and their dads are dating each other. Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same camp for the summer vacation. Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends – and possibly, one day, even sisters. Against all odds, the girls soon can’t imagine a life without each other. But when the worst happens, and their dads break up, Avery and Bett must figure out a way to get them to fall in love again. Is keeping a family together as easy as they think it is? From two extraordinary authors comes this moving, exuberant, laugh-out-loud novel about friendship and family, told entirely in emails and letters. Perfect for 9+ fans of R. J. Palacio’s Wonder, Ross Wellford’s Time Travelling with a Hamster and Mitch Johnson’s Kick. Holly Goldberg Sloan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Counting by 7s and Short, among other novels. After graduating from Wellesley College and spending some time as an advertising copywriter, she began writing family feature films, including Angels in the Outfield and Made in America. Meg Wolitzer is the New York Times bestselling author of The Interestings, The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Position, The Wife (recently a major feature film), and Sleepwalking. She is also the author of the young adult novel Belzhar. Wolitzer lives in New York City.

"Vulitser napisala zakhvatyvajuschij roman o tom, chto delat, esli genialnyj i odarennyj chelovek - ne ty. Istorija o dolgoj druzhbe, v kotoroj odni druzja talantlivee drugikh, otdaetsja v serdtse ne potomu, chto vse my kogda-nibud smotreli na drugikh ljudej s beloj zavistju, ostro osoznavaja svoi nedostatki.A potomu, chto chitaja etot roman, ponimaesh, naskolko subektivna chuzhaja iskljuchitelnost i chto tvoja, malenkaja s vidu, zhizn tozhe mozhet komu-to kazatsja predelom mechtanij". Anastasija Zavozova, perevodchik1974 god, gruppa podrostkov vstrechaetsja v lagere iskusstv, ne podozrevaja, chto eta vstrecha stanet nachalom mnogoletnej druzhby. Ikh zhdet doroga ot junosti k zrelosti, ot mechty k praktichnosti, no druzhba budet tolko krepnut. Eto istorija o prirode talanta, zavisti, deneg i vlasti. A esche o tom, kak legko vse eto menjaetsja v techenie zhizni.

Joan Castleman sitter på ett flygplan tiotusen meter upp i luften när hon bestämmer sig för att lämna sin man, den uppburne och självgode amerikanske författaren Joe Castleman. Joan har stöttat sin man i både med- och motgångar, följt honom på alla resor och uppläsningar. Sina egna författarambitioner lade hon tidigt på hyllan. Nu är hon och Joe på väg till Helsingfors där han ska ta emot ett prestigefullt litteraturpris av finska akademin. Men Joan, som under fyrtio års äktenskap offrat både familjen och sin egen karriär för att leva hans dröm, har tillslut fått nog. Tillvaron som den perfekta författarhustrun har börjat stå henne upp i halsen.Utifrån denna dramatiska öppningsscen lotsar Meg Wolitzer läsaren genom det Castlemanska äktenskapet, från det trevande mötet på kursen "Grunder i kreativt skrivande" på College, där han var hennes lärare, till den slutliga brytpunkten som kulminerar i ett avslöjande av en omsorgsfullt bevarad hemlighet.Meg Wolitzer har skrivit en intelligent, bitsk och roande roman om livsval, äktenskap och skrivande.

ÅRETS MEST EFTERLÄNGTADE BOK Enligt Time Magazine, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly och New York MagazineEn mångbottnad berättelse om makt och rampljus, som knappast hade kunnat komma mer lägligt än i kölvattnet av #metoo.Att beundras av någon vi själva ser upp till är inte det vad vi alla längtar efter? Att personligen lyftas till skyarna och pekas ut som oersättliga? Speciellt om det leder till att vi får tillträde till en helt ny och spännande värld När den nyblivna collegestudenten Greer Kadetsky hör den karismatiska Faith Frank tala för första gången tänds en dröm i henne som hon inte ens visste att hon bar på. Faith är en välkänd feministisk ikon och Greers syn på sin egen framtid får plötsligt helt nya dimensioner. Föga anar hon vad de nya vägarna kommer att bjuda på för överraskningar, och hur det kommer att förändra hennes egen bild av sig själv. En kvinnas övertygelse handlar om makt och inflytande, ego, lojalitet, kvinnlighet och ambitioner. Det är en historia om de människor som leder och om folket som följer och lusten vi alla bär på att dras in i ljuset. "Det här är en bok att bli berörd av och faktiskt - lite frälst i. Läs den, bara läs den!" Aftonbladet"Mycket underhållande ... Den är aktuell, välskriven och säger något om vår samtid. Ja, den känns nästan nödvändig ... En klassiker att återkomma till." Dalademokraten"Nyansrik bok med fyndiga iakttagelser och salta insikter." M Magasin"En hyperaktuell historia som är ett måste i höst." Damernas världMeg Wolitzer har ett tiotal bästsäljande romaner bakom sig, varav alla de senare legat i toppen på New York Times bästsäljarlista. Flera av hennes böcker har filmatiserats. This is my Life, blev Nora Ephrons regidebut och The Wife, har svensken Björn Runge som regissör och en strålande Glenn Close i huvudrollen. Nicole Kidman har bekräftat att hon kommer att spela Faith i filmatiseringen av En kvinnas övertygelse. Meg Wolitzer bor i New York. Hennes författarskap är känt för skarpa och underhållande samhällsbetraktelser, ett rappt språk och gripande karaktärer. Hon betraktas av många som en av USA:s mest intressanta författare idag.