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ABOUT GAY COURTER |
 Gay Courter has worked continuously as a writer in film, television, fiction and non-fiction since graduation from Antioch College in 1966. She is author of five best-selling novels with over three million copies in print: The Midwife (Houghton Mifflin, 1981) was listed as the 8th best-selling book of 1982. Other novels include River of Dreams (Houghton Mifflin, 1984), Code Ezra (Houghton Mifflin, 1986), Flowers in the Blood (Dutton, 1990), The Midwife's Advice (Dutton, 1991). Three books have been on the NY Times hardcover bestseller list, and four have appeared on their paperback list. A sixth novel, Healing Paradise, is forthcoming and a seventh is in the works. The Courters are the proud parents of two sons, Blake and Joshua, and a daughter, Ashley, who was adopted from foster care at age 12. Blake is a graduate in engineering from Princeton University and a specialist in computer-aided design. Joshua, a graduate of Hampshire College, is an ethnographic filmmaker and a custom craftsman and designer in Calfiornia. Ashley is a honors student at Eckerd College majoring in theatre and communications. She has received national and local merit scholarships including the college's Trustee Award. She is a paid motivational speaker and travels nationally to educate audiences on foster care and adoption issues. Ashley and Gay have a forthcoming book on Ashley's story. News & Reviews Special for Book Clubs!
Whenever possible, the author is available for telephone interviews by book clubs. Please contact her by e-mail to make arrangements. Also, reading packets are available at cost for photocopying and mailing for book club hosts, plus discounts on multiple copies of signed books purchased from the author. You may contact Gay at:
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Topics include: Reseaching the novel, The Ups and Downs of Publishing, Writing with a Partner, Child Advocacy, Adoption Issues in America, Foster- Care Reform, Adopting from Foster Care: A Parent's Perspective, Finding Families for Foster Children, Lessons From a Child Advocate, Giving Back to the Community: Generativity versus Stagnation, Court-Appointed Special Advocate Fundraising, Changing the System One Life At A Time, Saving Your Own Life While Saving Others, Midlife Choices for Men and the Women Who Love Them
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Latest Book by Gay Courter
 How to Survive Your Husband's Midlife Crisis: Strategies and Stories from The Midlife Wives Club Written by Gay Courter & Pat Gaudette, Founder of www.midlifewivesclub.com Their marriages crumbling, their lives in chaos, they went online in a desperate search for answers. They found a sisterhood of survivors.Special autographed copies available from the authors, or order online from amazon.com, and all online and retail book outlets. To get autographed copies of this or any of Gay Courter's books contact orders@gaycourter.com.PRESS RELEASE FOR How To Survive Your Husband's Midlife Crisis |
 THE MIDWIFEHannah Blau, the midwife, fought savage religious prejudice to gain medical training in Moscow's legendary Imperial College. She fought her own doubts and fears as she plunged into a forbidden love affair and an even more hazard-filled marriage. She fought the awesome odds facing a Jewish immigrant and the bitter hostility of male doctors in turn-of-the-century New York. She fought for her burning dreams and desires. She fought and she won. This sweeping novel follows the courageous and passionate Hannah from the corridors of the Imperial Palace to the Lower East Side, and finally to New York's Fifth Avenue mansions — recreating a whole world of striving, of love, of lust, of life, death and birth. "It kept me up until four in the morning...the author, to use a timeless phrase, knows how to tell a story." — Washington Post "A fiery Jewish heroine...a story filled with crescendos." — Booklist "Marvelous!" — Chattanooga Times. Book-of-the-Month Club Alternate Selection World wide bestseller! Available in English and Spanish Special autographed softcover and hardcover available from the author — often cheaper than used prices! Used editions from: half.com |
 THE MIDWIFE'S ADVICE Hannah Sokolow, the spirited Jewish-American heroine of The Midwife, returns in this powerful story to face new medical challenges in turn-of-the-century New York. As head midwife at Bellevue Hospital, Hannah sees her proud profession taken over by the male-dominated practice of obstetrics. So when a young immigrant woman seeks a solution to a troubling but delicate personal problem, Hannah takes a bold step toward the new medical frontier of sex therapy. Soon she is giving intimate advice not only to her immigrant patients, but also to the intellectuals of Greenwich Village, who inspire her with radical new ideas on such issues as birth control, sex education, and health care. And there are other momentous changes in store for Hannah. For when her husband follows his heart to the turmoil of the Russian Revolution, Hannah follows hers—into a searing affair with a prominent doctor who is separated from her by faith, class, and marriage, but who is drawn to her by a fierce desire that matches her own. "The trials and tribulations of Hannah Sokolow, beautiful Russian immigrant and pioneer sex therapist, could be the stuff from which television miniseries are made." — New York Times Book Review "Engrossing...fast-paced...timely...provides a historical background for today's headlines." — Bookpage "Compelling....must reading for any woman interested in human sexuality, and an engrossing story centered around one remarkable woman." — Rave Reviews "A terrific read...Hannah Solkolow is back, cutting a vibrant path through New York in the early 1900s and teaching her patients that women deserve full-blown eroticism as much as men do." — Noah Gordon, author of Shaman. Special autographed softcover and hardcover available from the author — often cheaper than used prices! Used editions from: half.com |
 RIVER OF DREAMSBeautiful Margaret Claiborne was sheltered and convent-bred when, after the Civil War, she fled the defeated South to Brazil. In this distant land that had its own rules about life and love, Margaret met and married her best friend's brother, the most powerful man in Rio. Though he adored her, blond, god-like Erik Larson harbored his dark secrets from Margaret—his exotic mistresses and his children of mixed race. As sensual and haunting as the glittering life of Rio de Janeiro it evokes, River of Dreams is the intensely emotional story of a woman's romantic quest for fulfillment and of the two strong men who each possessed part of her, as she burned for the love of one, and was swept up in a fury of passion for the other. "You will float with fascination down Gay Courter's River of Dreams...through the landscape she explores brilliantly, from village to plantation to the complex social and business worlds of Rio." — Washington Post "Intricate, colorful and entertaining." — The New York Times "A novel of love and adventure that breathes with life." — Columbus Dispatch "Steamy, exciting romance and high adventure...recommended." — Chattanooga Times A Book-of-the-Month Featured Alternate Worldwide Bestseller! Available in English, French, and Swedish Special autographed back in print edition, softcover, and hardcovers available from the author. Now back in print through Backinprint.com! Order from backinprint.com, iUniverse.com, Amazon.com, half.com |
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Newsday Interview with author about Code Ezra and her writing |
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Questions and Answers about the Jews of India and Flowers in the Blood New York Times Review by Janet Kaye New Swatantra Times review about Indian Jews, the Opium Trade and Flowers in the Blood India Abroad Article about the Jews of India New York Times Article on the Opium Wars by Flora Lewis Ocala Star Banner interview with author and review of Flowers in the Blood Hadassah Magazine review of Flowers in the Blood by Gloria Goldreich Special autographed softcover and hardcover available from the author — often cheaper than used prices! New editions from backinprint.com, amazon.com and iUniverse.com and other retail outlets. Used from half.com |
 I SPEAK FOR THIS CHILD: TRUE STORIES OF A CHILD ADVOCATEFor the first time a volunteer court-appointed special advocate recounts her behind-the-scenes experiences advocating for abused and neglected children in a Florida court. She reveals her first tentative approach to her local program, learning about the duties and responsibilities, and then of her more assertive efforts to ensure that, at least in the cases assigned to her, America's most vulnerable citizens were treated with care and respect. Her story is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, and is an inspiration for anyone who has ever looked up from a newspaper and wondered, "What can I do to help?" "Courter charts a fascinating — and frequently heartbreaking — course through the tangled legal and personal circumstance of her case families...a personal, unabashed call to action." — The San Francisco Chronicle "Every child in a so-called "dysfunctional" family should have the kind of guardian angel discussed in this book by American novelist, filmmaker and mother Gay Courter, a volunteer court-appointed advocate for children in trouble...Courter's book about her experiences should be required reading for all those in the child welfare field." — The Toronto Sun "Gay Courter is a woman on a mission — a novelist turned volunteer...Courter writes to give us a dose of reality — a sense of what's going wrong out there — and the courage to join her in changing it." — The Virginian-Pilot Special autographed softcover and hardcover available from the author — often cheaper than used prices! New editions from backinprint.com, amazon.com and iUniverse.com and other retail outlets. Used from half.com
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 THE BEANSPROUT BOOKEverything anyone needs to know about sprouting and cooking beans, seeds and grains. This book, first published in 1973, is the classic work on the subject and Gay Courter, the original "Beansprout Lady" is said to be responsible for bringing beansprouts out of the world of ethnic and health food into the mainstream supermarkets and restaurants of America. No special equipment is required and the book is filed with simple, versatile recipes from soup to dessert! Happy Sprouting! The Beansprout Book is out of print but fans of this trendsetting book may still find copies through various online out of print book sources: half.com |
CODE EZRA
FLOWERS IN THE BLOOD