Ayelet Waldman — Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
Doubleday 2006 Paperback, 336pp. Is Emilia the wicked stepmother incarnate? Passionately in love with her husband, Emilia has a secret, guilty loathing for her precocious little stepson, William - a 40 year old in a five year old's body, whom she picks up from nursery every Wednesday afternoon. He is lactose intolerant, she feeds him dairy products; he mustn't get cold, she pushes him - accidentally - into a pond in Central Park. How can she forgive William for living, when her own cherished child has gone?, (ISBN: 9780385608817). Good.