Anne Roiphe est une auteure prolifique dont la carrière englobe la fiction et les mémoires. Son écriture se caractérise par une exploration libre d'esprit des contradictions, abordant souvent des thèmes tels que le féminisme et la maternité. Roiphe a toujours refusé de suivre une ligne de parti, féministe ou autre, et son œuvre est célébrée pour son examen franc et intrépide de la vie moderne.
"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.