Books by Meg Wolitzer

The author of "The Interestings" hailed in the "Sunday Telegraph" as 'one of America's most ingenious and important writers' emerges with a warm and immersive epic on ambition, power, womanhood and the struggle for a place in the world. The level of compassion and insight is comparable with the work of Anne Tyler, and the ambition on display recalls Jonathan Franzen.

What if every woman in town suddenly went on strike?For the people of Stellar Plains, the staging of a new school production of an Athenian drama coincides with a mysterious cold wind that blows into houses and into hearts, stilling passion and cooling sheets.

Stillingen er en generationsroman, der følger en familie gennem tre årtier, og et portræt af fire søskende, der vokser op i skyggen af deres skamløst frigjorte 68’er-forældre.Romanen er skrevet af en af USA’s store samtidsforfattere og New York Times’ bestsellerforfatter Meg Wolitzer.På toppen af den seksuelle frigørelse og deres egen forelskelse skriver ægteparret Paul og Roz Mellow i 1975 en bog om sexlivets ypperste glæder – til deres børns store skræk.Bogen ’Lyst – et pars rejse mod tilfredsstillelse’ er rigt illustreret med udførlige beskrivelser og tegninger af dem selv i alle mulige stillinger, blandt andet stillingen ’elektrisk tilgivelse’, som ægteparret mener selv at have opfundet. Bogen bliver øjeblikkeligt en bestseller og ændrer familiens og ikke mindst børnenes liv for altid. 30 år efter er Paul og Roz for længst skilt, og familien spredt for alle vinde, da en driftig forlagsredaktør får den idé at genudgive bogen. Mens de forskellige familiemedlemmer skændes om projektet, toner de fire børns liv frem, alle fyldt med problemer med kærligheden, identitet og arbejde, forældreskab og, selvfølgelig, sex.

Discover the generation-defining American novel from the author of The WifeWhatever became of the most talented people you once knew? On a warm summer night in 1974, six teenagers play at being cool.

For a group of four New York friends, the past ten years have been defined by marriage and motherhood. Illicit affairs, money problems, issues with children and husbands all rear their heads, and the friends wonder if it's time for a change...

Everything changes for the four Mellow children the day they find a book called Pleasuring on the shelf.

Their SecretJoe and Joan Castleman are en route to Helsinki. Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he will receive there, while Joan is plotting how to leave him. For too long she has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, whilst quietly being the keystone of his success.