(Nov. 5, 2008) — Meet Gwendolen Gross, author of The Other Mother, for an author talk and discussion at the Ramsey Public Library in Ramsey, New Jersey on Sunday, November 16th at 2:00pm. The event is free and open to all.

The Other Mother by Gwendolen Gross (www.The-Other-Mother.com) "paints an electrifyingly complex and explosively gripping portrait of contemporary, have-it-all motherhood" says Booklist. The Other Mother has been featured in the New York Daily News, the Toronto Star, Redbook, OK! Magazine, and on National Public Radio.  The Mom Gadget Blog says that The Other Mother "captures the truest most vulnerable times any mother has experienced, as one mother struggles with the fact that all her kids will soon be attending school -- while the other struggles with returning to work with a newborn at home ... The characters are so believable and are sure to leave a lasting impression, long after the final page has been turned."

The Other Mother is available at Amazon and in local bookstores. Gwendolen Gross is the author of the novels Field Guide, Getting Out, and most recently, The Other Mother. She graduated from Oberlin College, was selected for the PEN West Emerging Writers Fellowship, and received an MFA in fiction and poetry from Sarah Lawrence College. Ms. Gross has worked as a snake and kinkajou demonstrator, naturalist, opera singer, editor, and mom. She lives in northern New Jersey with her family.