Ayelet Waldman


New York Times Best-Selling Author
Bad Mother
DOUBLEDAY 2009/ANCHOR 2010
224 PAGES
 

THE BAD MOTHER PLAYLIST

Here's Ayelet's playlist, inspired by the book and with each song correlating — more or less — to a chapter. (Note: links will open in iTunes unless otherwise noted.)

The Bad Mother playlist was originally created for the Book Notes series on the music blog Largehearted Boy.

beatles

The Beatles
Your Mother Should Know (links to YouTube)

free to be

The New Seekers
Free to Be… You and Me

b-52s

The B52s
Housework

shonen

Shonen Knife
Milky Way

blondie

Blondie
Rip Her to Shreds

holly

Holly and the Italians
Tell That Girl to Shut Up

eurythmics

Eurthrymics
I Need a Man

k-doe

Ernie K-Doe
Mother-in-Law

jgeils

J. Geils Band
Homework

r-son

R-Son
Short and Cocky

nickgilder

Nick Gilder
Hot Child in the City

tegan

Tegan & Sarah
Walking With a Ghost

costello

Elvis Costello
Talking in the Dark

fleetwood

Fleetwood Mac
Landslide

gnarls

Gnarls Barclay
Crazy

queen

Queen
Killer Queen

talkingheads

Talking Heads
Stay Up Late

will.i.am

will.i.am.
Yes We Can (links to Dipdive.com)

zevon

Warren Zevon
Excitable Boy

xtc

XTC
Making Plans for Nigel


CREDITS
Ayelet's site is based on the theme HELLBISCUIT by EvanEckard.com.
HOME PAGE: Author photo by Reenie Raschke. Big Barda illustration by Clarkent78. Photo of Pat Conroy by David G. Spielman.