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Great With Child tells the story of ambitious, driven Abigail Thomas. Up for partnership at a prestigious law firm, she is thrown by an accidental pregnancy that threatens to upend her life. Witty, warm, and wise, this novel confronts the true meanings of love, morality, and duty. Read more Continue reading Read less REVIEW "This modern-day Jane Austen winningly and wittily takes on love, sex, pregnancy, and working motherhood." --Marian Thurm, author of The Good Life "GREAT WITH CHILD juggles wit, humor and soul with surprising grace. [A] novel that explores Abigails journey with subtlety and nuance." --Lilith Magazine "Taitzs fresh, funny, and whip-smart new novel deliciously probes both legal and human partnerships, the mysteries of love and justice, and what it really means to be a mother, even as it follows a wonderfully flawed group of characters struggling to give birth to their truest selves. Enchanting, honest, delightfully sly, and not to be missed." --Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Beautiful World "Taitzs narrative is full of beautifully spun sentences and marvelous imagery... GREAT WITH CHILD takes a fresh look at motherhood and at all of those who can make up a family." --ForeWord Magazine "Taitz demonstrates the hurdles of being a working mother, as well as the rampant sexism for a female lawyer on the partner track, in vivid and cringeworthy detail." --Kirkus Reviews --This text refers to the paperback edition. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sonia Taitz is a playwright, essayist, and author of three novels and two works of non-fiction. An award-winning writer, her work has been praised by The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Tribune, People, Vanity Fair, and many other publications. --This text refers to the paperback edition. Read more Continue reading Read less
About the Author
Sonia Taitz is an award-winning author whose books have been praised by The New York Times Book Review, Vanity Fair ("Hot Type") , The Reader's Digest ("Can't Miss List") , The Chicago Tribune, and many other publications. She has appeared on C-SPAN and NPR, as well as on many other TV and radio venues, and is a book club favorite.
Her newest book, DOWN UNDER, was recommended by VANITY FAIR.
PRAISE FOR SONIA TAITZ:
"Beguiling ... elegant and astringent,"
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"Provocative, lyrical and profound,"
Caroline Leavitt, novelist and reviewer for The Boston Globe and People Magazine.
"In the ranks of the best poets, playwrights and novelists,"
FOREWORD Reviews
Sonia Taitz has written for The New York Times, The New York Observer, More Magazine, Working Mother, and other national publications. Her book, MOTHERING HEIGHTS (published by William Morrow in hardcover and Berkley in paperback) , was reviewed by People Magazine and quoted by O: The Oprah Magazine as "one of the best things ever said" by famous writers on motherhood. A selection from MOTHERING HEIGHTS was featured in the PBS Special, "The Mystery of Love," narrated by Anna Deveare Smith. IN THE KING'S ARMS, a novel, was nominated for the Sami Rohr Prize by the Jewish Book Council, and THE WATCHMAKER'S DAUGHTER, a memoir, was awarded a Medal by ForeWord Reviews. It was also nominated for the Sophy Brody Medal by the American Library Association. Her latest book, DOWN UNDER, a novel based in part on the life of Mel Gibson, is receiving widespread attention and praise.
Sonia Taitz earned an M.Phil in English Literature from Oxford (where she won the Lord Bullock Prize for her fiction) . At Oxford, she began writing plays, which have been performed at the Oxford Playhouse, in many New York venues (including Ensemble Studio Theatre, where she was Writer-in-Residence) , and in Washington D.C., at the National Theatre. Her latest play, based on a section of THE WATCHMAKER'S DAUGHTER, was commissioned by NPR.
Sonia Taitz also holds a law degree from Yale. She has served as a pro bono advocate for foster children, as well as for victims of rape and domestic violence.
Follow Sonia Taitz on Twitter @soniataitz. Her website and blog may be found at http://www.soniataitz.com, and she blogs for Psychology Today at http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/sonia-taitz
