Gwendolen Gross’ most recent novel,
The Other Mother, is described by Booklist as “an electrifyingly complex and explosively gripping portrait of contemporary, have-it-all motherhood.” The Other Mother was recently translated into Dutch and published with the title Moederoog (“Eye of the Mother”) by Archipel.
In connection with the book, Ms. Gross, an award-winning writing instructor, is offering
a free online writing workshop. In this interactive forum, mothers write stories inspired by their experiences and choices. Gross says, “I started this writing workshop encourage women to explore the meaning of motherhood through writing, and to share their experiences in hopes of better understanding each other.”
Ms. Gross is also the author of the novels Field Guide and Getting Out. She graduated from Oberlin College, received an MFA in fiction and poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, and was selected for the PEN West Emerging Writers Fellowship. In addition to her novels, Ms. Gross has published poems and stories in dozens of literary magazines, as well as essays in collections including It's A Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons and It's A Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters. Ms. Gross lives in northern New Jersey with her family.
