About The Book

Her first two novels, Snap and Licorice, established Abby Frucht as one of our most exciting young novelists; Are You Mine? Is her richest and most provocative book yet.

Cara and Douglas, a young married couple living in the Midwest, are on a reproductive adventure, a journey through love, physical intimacy, childbirth, abortion, and birth control.  “A body’s all you have to get through life in,” declares the impulsive, loving, Cara, finding herself pregnant for a third time.  Not at all sure she wants another child, she’s already in love with this child, and Cara finds herself questioning abortion with a startling lack of bias – social, political, or religious.

Praise

“A rich and seamless work . . . sensual, beautiful and funny.” –The New York Times Book Review

‘ms. Frucht performs one of the toughest, most important acts a writer of fiction can do, which is to take a politically charged issue like abortion and completely and ut­terly humanize it. . . . Abby Frucht writes with power, wit, sensuality and intelligence. Are You Mine? is a challenging, convincing, resonant work.” –Jay Gummerman, The New York Times Book Review

“Abby Frucht is a writer of considerable warmth and charm. . . . The abortion sec­tion, in particular, shows genuine insight into the psychology of a woman facing this painful choice. It’s refreshingly real and non-dogmatic, and one wishes extremists could be compelled to stop shouting (and killing) long enough to read it.” –Michael Harris, Los Angeles Times Book Review

“A bravura display of assured technique. . . . Meticulously observed physical details, concise but vividly rendered characterizations (including wonderful portraits of Douglas’ and Cara’s sons) and a smattering of oblique social commentary adds texture and depth to this tale of marital crisis and growth.