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Interviews With and Articles About Ayelet
Rakestraw Fiction Book of the Year – Daughter’s Keeper Rakestraw Books, December 2003 "Waldman's passion and affection for her characters shine through."
"Waldman, known for her delightfully lighthearted "Mommy Track" mysteries,
here takes a serious turn as she explores the sad effects of the Government's
mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines on a middle-class California
family. Elaine is a single mother whose relationship with her rebellious,
difficult daughter Olivia is an emotional minefield. When Olivia, who
is in the early stages of pregnancy, is arrested for selling drugs-although
all she did was drive her boyfriend, an illegal Mexican immigrant, to
meet his contact-both women come face to face with the realities of
the law, which gives the judge little leeway in handing down a sentence.
During Olivia's arrest, arraignment and trial, and especially after
the birth of her granddaughter, Elaine realizes that she has been given
a second chance to forge a loving connection with Olivia. Although Waldman
is clearly no fan of mandatory minimums, she follows the dictates of
every good writing teacher by showing, not telling, the readers the
results of this misguided law. A good choice for all fiction collections."
"Mommy-Track author has a serious side" "Mother Nature"
"Daughter's Keeper" Alice Walker, in conversation with Ayelet Waldman A
Profile of Ayelet Waldman "The
Intertwining of Love and Law" Ayelet
Waldman Interview Contra Costa Times, January 6, 2004 Reinventing
the World Interview Daughter's
Keeper
Review "Stand-alone novels give
series writers a change of pace" "Author,
and much more" "Every
Parent's Nightmare" "Mother, daughter get second
chance" Review
of Daughter's Keeper "Minefield
of Motherhood" "Boalt
lecturer's first novel blends maternal fears with hard-nosed view of
America's drug war" Review of Daughter's Keeper Profile:
Ayelet Waldman " 'Daughter's Keeper'
may touch everyone" "A family struggles in and
out of court" "Mommy's
Law" "Drugs, family a bad marriage
in 'Keeper' " "Taking On the Law" Epinions review
of Death Gets a Time-out by Cornelia Read "A
Novel Idea - Finding a Literary Niche in the Elmwood" Review
of Death Gets A Time-Out "Sex,
Drugs & Rock a Bye, Baby" "Sex,
Drugs and Strollers" Review of Death Gets A Time-Out
"A
Profile of Ayelet Waldman: Mysteries and Mother-Daughter stories" "Ayelet
Waldman: An Interview on the Mystery and also on the Fiction" Kirkus Review of Death Gets A Time-Out
"In
her own write" "Quantity
time" Motherhood
Can Be Murder "Author, Author" Epinions review
of Nursery Crimes by murasaki "Mom
and mystery writer" "Chabon,
Waldman share lives as writers, parents" "'Playdate'
goes beyond author's experience" "Must Meet" Q & A with Ayelet
"Mystery
writer Waldman visits with family, including Chabon, in tow" "Penning
Mystery Tales for the Nurse-at-Night Mom" "PW Talks with Ayelet Waldman"
"Motherhood
mysteries" "Naptime novelist" Legally
Blonde movie review with Ayelet "Mystery writer mines motherhood
for art" "Married
writers to discuss craft at CCJCC book fest"
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