Layover | Lisa Zeidner

'With Layover, Zeidner joins the ranks of Doris Lessing, Margaret Atwood and Fay Welon' New York Times Book Review, Notable Book of the YearSOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREClaire Newbold is not your typical heroine. Smart and sexy, yes, but she's also been known to sneak into a hotel room or two without paying, seduce a teenager in wet bathing trunks, and just check out of things altogether - like her job. And her marriage.Grieving the loss of her only child, and unsure of what's to become of her relationship, Claire takes a leave of absence from everyday life. She moves from hotel to hotel, basking in the anonymity of travel and forbidden sex, struggling to understand himself. Who has she become? And how will she ever find redemption?