{"product_id":"a-theory-of-small-earthquakes-isbn-9781593764302","title":"A Theory of Small Earthquakes","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A family’s world is irrevocably rocked when an old female lover from Mom’s past reappears” in this “sexy, audacious, politically charged” novel (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEager to escape her damaging past, Alison Rose is drawn to Zoe, a free-spirited artist who offers emotional stability and a love outside the norm. They spend a number of happy years together—until the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake deepens fissures in their relationship, and Alison leaves Zoe for a “normal” life with a man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Alison’s son is born in the midst of these complications and shifting emotional bonds, and ultimately the three adults must strive to create a life together that will test the boundaries and balance the needs of all.   A story spanning two decades, set against the social, political, and geological upheavals of the Bay Area, \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Small Earthquakes\u003c\/i\u003e “explores the vagaries of love and the true nature of family” (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[An] inventive, addictive novel [that] teaches us something new about love and sex, jealousy and loyalty, and also, and perhaps most importantly, motherhood.” —Ayelet Waldman, author of \u003ci\u003eBad Mother\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed Hook Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Call it \"Two Women, One Man and a Baby.\" Maran’s take on the modern family is at once unexpected and totally relatable.” —\u003ci\u003eMORE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Maran explores the vagaries of love and the true nature of family in this debut novel. —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Call it Two Women, One Man and a Baby. Maran’s take on the modern family is at once unexpected and totally relatable.\" —\u003ci\u003eLadies' Home Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This tender, timely story reminds us we don’t need to read historical fiction to find novels about marriage; in fact, we need novels like A Theory of Small Earthquakes to help us understand the history same-sex marriage is making today.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A family's world is irrevocably rocked when an old female lover from Mom's past reappears, in Meredith Maran's sexy, audacious, politically charged, and sure-to-be-talked about first novel, A Theory of Small Earthquakes. Ah, l'amour, l'amour.\" —\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Meredith Maran is a powerful storyteller with a big heart and a big talent.\" —Terry McMillan, author of \u003ci\u003eWaiting to Exhale\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow Stella Got Her Groove Back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This intriguing, timely yarn gracefully brings up a number of provocative topical issues, most importantly the changing dynamics of what it means to be a family. Maran’s novel effectively reminds us that this possible seismic social shift is really less a \"hot topic\" than a question of deeply human needs.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fictional parenting triangle that challenges assumptions.\" —\u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A love story that had me in tears at the end. Maran has written a thoughtful, moving, honest novel that is simultaneously personal and political.\" —Kate Christensen, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Astral\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Meredith Maran’s dazzling debut is a provocative, funny, and deeply moving look at the ties that bind—and sometimes strangle—and the ways we struggle for the love we yearn for. I adored this novel.\" —Caroline Leavitt, author of \u003ci\u003ePictures of You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Funny, lively, political, personal, nostalgic, touching, \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Small Earthquakes\u003c\/i\u003e deftly chronicles love and its various meanings. I enjoyed it greatly.\" —Meg Wolitzer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Uncoupling\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ten-Year Nap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A smart, sexy, funny, wrenching, delicious story of lust and trust and love and family.\" —Anne Lamott, author of \u003ci\u003eImperfect Birds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Any woman who has ever struggled against the odds to keep her family running smoothly will identify with complex, authentic, paradoxical Alison Rose, whose redemption is at stake in this marvelous novel. \u003ci\u003eA Theory Of Small Earthquakes\u003c\/i\u003e teaches us something new about love and sex, jealousy and loyalty, and also, and perhaps most importantly, motherhood. Meredith Maran’s first novel is a powerful debut that left me waiting impatiently for her second.\" —Ayelet Waldman, author of \u003ci\u003eRed Hook Road\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBad Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this groundbreaking novel, Meredith Maran has told a story few writers, if any, have explored: of a woman drawn to two lovers and two distinct worlds, and of the unlikely family she creates, with two extraordinarily different partners, each of whom speaks to a different aspect of her desire. With rare honesty and courage, Maran asks us to consider whether sexuality can be defined by preference for one gender or the other, or if—as this blunt story proposes—it is shifting and sometimes stormy as the tides.\" —Joyce Maynard, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAt Home in the World\u003c\/i\u003eLike a lot of women her age, \u003cb\u003eMeredith Maran\u003c\/b\u003e has a hard time believing she’s a woman of her age. And yet she’s published more than a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Old Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy We Write About Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy We Write\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Lie\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Small Earthquakes\u003c\/i\u003e. When she’s not hiking Mount Hollywood, attending readings at indie bookstores, or scouring Los Angeles’ finest thrift shops, she's writing for venues including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e. The grateful recipient of fellowships from MacDowell and Yaddo and a member of the National Book Critics Circle, Meredith lives in a Silver Lake bungalow that’s even older than she is.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304636207333,"sku":"NP9781593764302","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781593764302.jpg?v=1767720851","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-theory-of-small-earthquakes-isbn-9781593764302","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}