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Ayelet Waldman
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Ayelet Waldman is an Israeli-American novelist and essayist who has written novels, a mystery series, and autobiographical essays about motherhood.
Biography
Ayelet Waldman (born December 11, 1964) is an Israeli-American novelist and essayist. She has written seven mystery novels in the series The Mommy-Track Mysteries as well as four other novels, and she has published autobiographical essays about motherhood.
Waldman spent three years working as a federal public defender, and her fiction draws on her experience as a lawyer. Her work spans both fiction and personal nonfiction, addressing family life and personal struggles alongside crime and legal themes.
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Books by Ayelet Waldman
A really good day
To treat a debilitating mood disorder, Waldman undertook a private experiment, ingesting 10 micrograms of LSD every three days for a month. The book recounts that spring, her effort to understand the drug, and her search for a "really good day."