Fun Five: Margie Gelbwasser

Nov 1, 2010 by shanyn

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Fun Five
Margie Gelbwasser

Author of Inconvenient

1. What’s one of your favorite night time activities? Inconvenient by Marggie Gelbwasser
Just relaxing on the couch with hubby and watching a good movie or some of my favorite TV shows: Friday Night Lights, Glee, How I Met Your Mother and the CBS Monday night line-up. Having time to relax with a new novel is fantastic too.

2. When is the last time you used a camera?
Hmm….maybe two weeks ago when I took some pictures of my son.

3. What is your favorite aisle in the grocery store?
I like the cheese aisle a lot. It’s always fun for me to find a new one to try.
Oh, and the check-out aisle has those very important gossip magazines I like to browse too.

4. If you were to win a lifetime supply of something, what would you want it to be?
Does it have to be tangible? Because, if not, I’ll go for a lifetime of happiness. If I have that, then it means everything is already in place.

5. How many pieces of jewelry do you wear on a daily basis?
Four– my wedding and engagement rings, a necklace with three charms on it: a letter M and ring from my late grandmother and a charm of a little boy given to me by my husband when I had my son. A watch my best friend gave me is the fourth piece of jewelry I wear.

More about INCONVENIENT:
Alyssa Bondar’s world is falling apart. She has just entered her sophomore year at Glenfair High, theonly place to hang out is behind the CVS, Keith her cross-country crush keeps sending her mixedsignals, and her best friend Lana has started the school year with large breasts and a sexy attitude–-attracting the attention of the most popular kids in the school, a group Alyssa clearly doesn’t fit into.

Alyssa’s Jewish, like most of Glenfair, but since she’s also Russian, Alyssa feels even more separatedfrom other teens. How many other Jewish families have a New Year’s tree with ornaments? On top ofall this, Alyssa’s once stable home environment has become chaotic.

Alyssa is used to alcohol accompanying every meal and event in the Russian culture. But whenAlyssa’s mother loses her job, the usual drink or two changes into a full-time happy hour. WhileAlyssa’s father uses news reports of war unrest in the Middle East as his escape from reality, Alyssa isleft to pick up the pieces of her shattered family alone. As her mother’s alcoholism gets worse, Alyssamust decide how much she can and should handle before she crumbles as well.