The Atlas of Love - by Laurie Frankel (Paperback)

About the Book

When Jill becomes both pregnant and single at the end of one spring semester, she and her two closest friends plunge into an experiment in tri-parenting, tri-schooling, and trihabitating as grad students in Seattle. Naturally, everything goes wrong, but in ways no one sees coming.

Book Synopsis

Nothing puts love and friendship to the test quite like a baby...

When Jill becomes both pregnant and single at the end of one spring semester, she and her two closest friends plunge into an experiment in tri-parenting, tri-schooling, and tri-habitating as grad students in Seattle. Naturally, everything goes wrong, but in ways no one sees coming. Janey Duncan narrates the adventure of this modern family with hilarity and wisdom and shows how three lives are forever changed by (un)cooperative parenting, literature, and a tiny baby named Atlas, who upends and uplifts their entire world. In this sparkling and wise debut novel, The Atlas of Love, Frankel's unforgettable heroines prove that home is simply where the love is.

Review Quotes

"Frankel's debut is a wonderful literary treat that offers a fresh twist on the modern family, one that relies on the bonds of women." --Library Journal (starred)

"This beautifully written debut novel offers something for everyone--humor, richly drawn characters and a tender exploration of love, friendship and food." --LA Times Magazine

"It's been a long time since I've been as charmed by a book as I was by this beautifully written, highly literate story of friendship, parenthood, and every other kind of love you can imagine. I was captivated by Janey, a narrator whose wit and generous spirit caused me to forget that she wasn't a flesh and blood person--and to wish that she were." --Marisa de los Santos, author of Love Walked In and Belong to Me

"Packed full of hilarious and insightful observations on life, love, and literature, The Atlas of Love deftly explores the boundaries of friendship and family, and the true meaning of motherhood." --J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Commencement

"Immensely likable, playful and literary, this is a novel full of love." --Cathleen Schine, author of The Three Weissmanns of Westport

"The Atlas of Love is an engagingly funny novel with a memorable premise--three women graduate students from very different backgrounds team up to raise a child--that deepens into a moving and challenging meditation on the power and the limits of female friendship. Laurie Frankel writes with a light touch and a keen eye for detail, blending academic comedy and domestic drama with unusual skill." --Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children and The Abstinence Teacher

"Once in a great while, a book is so beautifully written that when you close it, all you can do is sit quietly and hold it to your chest. Laurie Frankel's The Atlas of Love is that book." --Sandra Kring, author of The Book of Bright Ideas and Thank You For All Things

About the Author

LAURIE FRANKEL is the author of The Atlas of Love, and Goodbye for Now. She writes, reads, and even occasionally sleeps in Seattle, Washington where she lives in the city with her husband, her border collie, and her four-year-old who strongly believes sleep is for the weak (or childless).