And to my life’s creative director, my husband, Brett Gerstenblatt, who really listened, understood, and supported me when I said that I needed to quit my teaching job and become a writer. Brett read daily chunks of the novel as I was working on it, and then sketched the original idea for the cover using only our daughter’s art supplies. Thanks for believing in me and for helping me make Lauren look so good.
To Brett and our children, Andrew and Zoe: whenever I return from my imaginary world, there’s no place I’d rather be than in the real and beautiful world we have created together. I love you.
About the Author
Julie Gerstenblatt is a former middle school English teacher who realized that it was time to leave the classroom when a lengthy stint on jury duty felt like the highlight of her career. As a comedy and culture writer for the Huffington Post and a humor columnist for the Scarsdale Inquirer and Scarsdale10583.com, Julie writes with candor about her life, her friends and family, and the particular demands of motherhood and wifedom in modern-day suburbia. She and her husband live with their two children in Scarsdale, New York. Although she would love to live in the city, suburbia is the inspiration for most of her funny ideas, and so she will remain in Westchester until her neighbors kick her out. Lauren Takes Leave is her first novel.
www.juliegerstenblatt.com
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