The Other Woman. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2006 book, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
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Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
Ayelet Waldman, 2006
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Don Roos, 2009

Emilia is a young lawyer from New York, who in a short time has seen her life come to tragedy: she and her husband Jack have separated following the death of their only daughter, Isabel, from SIDS. Emilia views this loss as a punishment, particularly after finding out she is sterile, and cannot move on with her life by having more children.


Then She Found Me. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1990 book
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Then She Found Me
Elinor Lipman, 1990
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Helen Hunt, 2007

Eager to start a family, schoolteacher April Epner is thrust into uncertainty when her husband unexpectedly leaves her. Her world is further shaken when she encounters her unconventional birth mother, a self-centered talk show host far from the ideal mom. Initially resistant to both her birth mother and the advances of a divorced father, April eventually discovers her life unfolding in unexpected ways.