Ayelet Waldman

New York Times Best-Selling Author

DOUBLEDAY 2009/ANCHOR 2010
224 PAGES

Bad Mother
Reviews & Praise
Excerpt
Reader's Guide
Playlist

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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.

	The Beatles Your Mother Should Know (links to YouTube)
	The New Seekers Free to Be… You and Me
	The B52s Housework
	Shonen Knife Milky Way
	Blondie Rip Her to Shreds
	Holly and the Italians Tell That Girl to Shut Up
	Eurthrymics I Need a Man
	Ernie K-Doe Mother-in-Law
	J. Geils Band Homework
	R-Son Short and Cocky
	Nick Gilder Hot Child in the City
	Tegan & Sarah Walking With a Ghost
	Elvis Costello Talking in the Dark
	Fleetwood Mac Landslide
	Gnarls Barclay Crazy
	Queen Killer Queen
	Talking Heads Stay Up Late
	will.i.am. Yes We Can (links to Dipdive.com)
	Warren Zevon Excitable Boy
	XTC Making Plans for Nigel

PRAISE FOR RED HOOK ROAD

"This book made me happy, and happy to be alive. It took me out of my home on the coast of South Carolina, placed me in the town along Red Hook Road, and changed me the way good books always do."
— PAT CONROY, My Life in Books

"A thoroughly gripping and elegantly written story about love, grief, friendship, and the unexpected ways in which disaster brings families together."
— KHALED HOSSEINI, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns

"Red Hook Road is a masterful imagining of the way a single tragic event impacts the psyches and behaviors and dynamics of two families. Waldman's writing is elegant and riveting."
— KELLY CORRIGAN, The Middle Place

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