Anne Roiphe is a prolific author whose career spans fiction and memoir. Her writing is characterized by a free-thinking exploration of contradictions, often delving into themes of feminism and motherhood. Roiphe has consistently refused to toe a party line, feminist or otherwise, and her work is celebrated for its frank and unflinching examination of modern life.
"Do you wonder...how many times a black bear's heart beats each hour?... What happens when you keep placing zeros at the ends of numbers? The answers are all in this book--along with many more incredible facts that involve the numbers zero to nine and power of ten numbers ten to nine billion. Be prepared to cuont and get curious as you fall in love with numbres and with the world around us."-- Page 4 of cover
From the acclaimed author of "Fruitful" comes a novel of the love between a mother and daughter. Annie Johnson has worked hard to raise her daughter, Andrea. She is shocked, therefore, when 22-year-old Andrea calls from Israel and announces that she has joined an extreme right-wing Orthodox Jewish group and will be seeking an arranged marriage.