Cat breeder Maxi Dublin becomes an overnight celebrity when she unexpectedly delivers a clone of herself, but what she really wants is her "child" back after her controlling mother kidnaps the unfortunate child. 20,000 first pirnting.

Twinship: A Novel by the Author of Ex Utero

Literature & Fiction

Foos, Laurie

United States

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Laurie Foos-”the unholy love child of Franz Kafka and Erica Jong” (Philadelphia Inquirer)-gives us a “wonderfully deranged and stunning” novel (Fay Weldon, Los Angeles Times Book Review) about the hullabaloo that ensues when a woman somehow loses her uterus at the shopping mall.

Ex Utero (Harvest Book)

Contemporary

Mariner Books

A “baroque, surreal, and witty” novel (Ms.) about art, bowling, sex, and hairspray-”a mad tale of a mad genius, by a young author who may be a genius herself” (Kirkus Reviews).

Portrait Of The Walrus By A Young Artist (Harvest Book)

Humor & Satire

Harper Paperbacks

The unholy love-child of Kafka and Erica Jong, Laurie Foos presents a satiric parable about female sexuality, infertility, and today's media frenzy. In this absurdist tale, Rita carelessly misplaces her uterus--somewhere at the mall. "Wonderfully deranged and stunning . . . . A landmark."--The Los Angeles Times Book Review

Ex Utero

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Coffee House Press

Above all, this satire of modern art, the middle class, and the media is great fun!

Portrait of the Walrus by a Young Artist

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

“A wonderful mixture of insecurity and insanity. Every line of Laurie Foos’ new novel is suffused with intelligence, wit and daring. Exhilarating!”—Fay Weldon
A fabulist for the twenty-first century, Laurie Foos is back with a whip-smart, refreshingly contemporary take on the nature of beauty, the importance of appearance and the all-too-human cravings for friendship, spiritual fulfillment and love.
A modern-day superwoman, Cass embodies the Elvis adage “Taking Care of Business”—from coping with the disappearance of her Elvis-obsessed parents and caring for her agoraphobic sister to treating the folically-challenged and avoiding the attentions of a perverse podiatrist—until the day a horn sprouts from her forehead. As Cass seeks treatment for her unwelcome appendage, she finds herself in a facility only Dr. Moreau could love. Join the beautiful Cass as she plans her escape and, in the process, resolves her physical and spiritual ailments, discovering more about herself than she ever thought possible.
In a world gone mad, where we’re all on display and our obligations and obsessions are magnified by a voyeuristic culture, this feverishly hip, comic caper is the perfect tonic—one that may even answer the burning question that lurks deep in all of our hearts: “Has Elvis really left the building?”
Laurie Foos, lauded as “the unholy love-child of Kafka and Erica Jong,” is the author of four previous novels: Ex Utero, Portrait of the Walrus by a Young Artist, Twinship and Bingo Under The Crucifix. She teaches in the Lesley Seminars in Cambridge and lives just outside of Boston with her husband and her dog, Jesse. Visit her website at www.lauriefoos.com.

Before Elvis There Was Nothing

In this small lakeside town, mothers bake their secrets into moon pies they feed to a silent blue girl. Their daughters have secrets too—that they can't sleep, that they might sleep with a neighbor boy, that they know more than they let on. But when the daughters find the blue girl, everyone's carefully held silences shake loose.
Laurie Foos is the author of five previous novels: Before Elvis There Was Nothing, Ex Utero, Portrait of the Walrus by a Young Artist, Twinship, and Bingo Under the Crucifix. She teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Lesley University in Cambridge.

The Blue Girl

Linda and Earl are a happy couple. Although married for many years, they have never had children. Still, they are content being together, and watching reruns of “I Love Lucy” keeps them close. That, and a magical garden that never seems to grow what they plant.One day Earl finds a set of infant toes in the loam. He and Linda plant them and watch in amazement as the garden produces an enormous baby. Now Earl and Linda have to figure out how to be parents—if they are parents—and what to do about the giant baby who eats everything and cries for his mama.

The Giant Baby (Open Door)

Gemma Open Door

In many ways, the Hamilton children are like any other kids. Eleven-year-old Mia and ten-year-old Will love playing Minecraft, eating pizza, and playing in the yard. But Mia knows that because Will is on the autism spectrum, some things are different for him. For starters, he doesn't like things to change. Pizza has to be just so crispy, or he won't eat it. He uses lines from movies to answer most questions. If his toast is too dark, Will could have a total meltdown. When Mom and Dad announce they're getting a babysitter for the first time, Mia is alarmed. What will happen if the babysitter doesn't understand the unusual things Will does? Her parents know that she is Will's "translator" because she always understands him. Can they manage a whole night with a brand-new person in charge? Is it always Mia's job to worry, or can she find a way to rely on other people? Toast explores the tender, scary, funny, and always complex relationship between a girl and her autistic brother.

Toast (Gemma Open Door)

Avawas born with wings. No one called them that until she was two yearsold. She hides her wings under a special device her father made for her.She never takes off her backpackat school. No one knows her secret, not even her best friend Theo, whowas born with two different-colored eyes. The doctor told Ava that shecan choose to have the wings removed when she turns sixteen. &nbsp; Thebig day arrives, and she can't decide what to do. Without her wings,Ava thinks she can be like everybody else. Butis that what she really wants? When Ava makes a new friend at school,she begins to see things--and herself--in new ways. Lucy offers herfriendship and exquisite drawings of wings. Lucy makes Ava think. &nbsp; The Other&nbsp;asks us to consider whatit means to be different and what it means to accept the unique parts of ourselves.

The Other (Open Door)

Genre Fiction

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