News about The Other Mother

Would you like Gwendolen Gross to speak to your book group? Email ggross@gwendolengross.com.

Gwendolen Gross discussed her new book the East Brunswick Public Library on May 6, 2008 at 8pm. Check out the details on the Motherhood News Blog.

The Dutch edition of The Other Mother has just been released by Uitgeverij Archipel. Check out the stunning new cover for Moederoog ("Eye of The Mother"), which is the Dutch title for The Other Mother.

The Other Mother is consistently ranked in the top 100 bestselling books on Amazon's most popular books list Books > Literature & Fiction > Women's Fiction > Friendship.

The Other Mother was selected as a best Jersey book of 2007 by Jersey Writers, a best book of the year by the RoleMommy blog, and a Book of The Week on Amazon.

The Other Mother is now available as an Amazon Kindle Book; that's an e-book designed for Amazon's new portable electronic reader called the Kindle. The Other Mother is also available as an e-book. Here is a link to the Random House e-book listing and the Palm e-book listing.

Check out the Motherhood News Blog for more news, events, and articles. The free moms writing workshop is still in the same place at Typepad.

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The Other Mother is featured in USA Today (November 15th) in their Mommy Lit Book Roundup.

On December 12th at 7:30pm, the Book Circle Book Group discussed "The Other Mother" by Gwendolen Gross at the Ridgewood Public Library. Here is the book group announcement on Zvents.

I am thrilled to announce that in an event described as "following in the footsteps of our beloved Oprah," Moms Blogs from Silicon Valley, New York, Chicago, and  Washington DC have selected The Other Mother: A Novel for their first online book club meeting. All readers are invited to join the book club discussion here. Here is the press release announcing The Other Mother book discussion, an update on the book discussion, and the New Jersey Star-Ledger's "Jersey Blogs" coverage. Jersey Blogs is a great resource for New Jersey writers.

Thank you to all the writers who participated in the free writing workshop on November 2, 2007 at Bookends Bookstore. There is a more detailed description of the workshop on the Ridgewood page of AmericanTowns. I am grateful to the Villadom Times II (10/31/2007, page 8) and the Ridgewood News (10/26/2007, page D4) for printing the event announcement. We had a great turnout thanks to your help.

Take a look at this recent article in the Lorain Chronicle Telegram titled Oberlin Grad a Literary Hit by Cindy Leise. Here is the press release describing this article about The Other Mother.

If you live in Bergen County, take a look at the October issue of 201 magazine. On page 26, there's a nice brief article -- "Maternal Instincts" -- describing The Other Mother.

Thanks to everyone for coming to the book signing and Q&A on October 27 at Bookends Bookstore, despite the rainy weather. I enjoyed talking to all of you. Thanks to the great turnout, we almost sold out of books. There is a more detailed description of this book event at NJN New Jersey Public Television and Radio.  Here is the press release announcing this book signing for The Other Mother.

I really enjoyed visiting the Rockaway MOMS club book group. Thanks so much to all the Rockaway moms! Here is the press release about my visit to discuss The Other Mother.

Check out my press release announcing the publication of The Other Mother. There are two podcasts ( The Other Mother podcast one and The Other Mother podcast two ) of me reading excerpts from The Other Mother that you might enjoy (scroll down and look on the bottom right of the page).

Thank you to everyone who came to the The Other Mother book events at Barnes & Noble in Paramus, New Jersey, Bennett Books in Wyckoff, New Jersey and Inkwell Books, Falmouth, MA. I am very grateful to the book-sellers for their amazing book displays, introductions, and enthusiasm.

The first event at Barnes & Noble sold out of books (don't worry, they have more now). Thank you!

Coming soon: Airtime for The Other Mother on
NPR's Day to Day. The Other Mother is also a featured book selection of the Redbook book club, and a featured alternate selection of the Book of the Month Club, Literary Guild book club, and Doubleday book club!

Would you like a reading group guide for your book club with discussion questions for The Other Mother? Here is the official reading group guide for The Other Mother.

Crown recently sold Dutch rights for The Other Mother Archipel.

Keep up to date on all the latest news at
Gwendolen Gross' MySpace page. Archived news, press releases, and more are available on the Other Mother blog.