A quirky and often hilarious story - combining the wit of Sophie Kinsella with the emotional resonance of Marisa de los Santos - about a woman who thinks her comfortable world is crumbling but realizes that change can be good after taking matters into her own hands.
Alexandra Whitaker is the daughter of Rodney Whitaker, aka Trevanian, from whom she learned to write in the course of a happy and fruitful apprenticeship that included collaborating on his last two novels. As a child she lived all over the United States and in Europe, a perpetual 'new girl' and a keen language learner. She has written for children and for film, also short fiction. She lives with her husband and child in Spain and France.
LEAVING SOPHIE DEAN is a lively, cosmopolitan novel that turns the tale of the 'Other Woman' inside out and backwards. Alexandra Whitaker writes with style and aplomb, a sense of fun, and a sense of humanity. - Elin Hilderbrand, author of Silver GirlAlexandra Whitaker takes the tried-and-true story of man leaves wife and kids for other woman and gives it a refreshing twist. LEAVING SOPHIE DEAN succeeds brilliantly as a comedy of manners because of Whitaker's pitch-perfect depictions of human foibles and graceful renderings of awkward situations. But the book works on a much deeper level too: as a meditation on marriage, solitude, personal freedom, and parenting that is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining. - Meg Mitchell Moore, author of The Arrivals and So Far AwayAlexandra Whitaker's LEAVING SOPHIE DEAN is smart, clever, moving, and surprising at every turn. Funny and wise, this is a tale of modern love about parents who love their children more than they don't-love each other. - Laura Zigman, author of Animal Husbandry and Piece of Work
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