End of Men

<p><strong>A <em>Refinery29</em> Best Book of the Year</strong></p><p><strong>The novel that inspired the acclaimed Rebecca Miller film <em>Maggie's Plan</em> starring Julianne Moore Ethan Hawke and Greta Gerwig.</strong></p><p> Isabel Anna Beth and Maggie are women who aren't afraid to take it all. Whether spearheading a pregnancy lingerie company conspiring to return a husband to his ex-wife lusting after an old lover while in a satisfying marriage or trying to balance motherhood and work--they are sexy determined and not looking for a simple happily ever after. Through punchy hilarious and insightful storytelling <em>The End of Men</em> shatters the confines of society and more importantly those we impose upon ourselves. </p><p><strong>With humor bravery and panache Karen Rinaldi puts her finger straight on the tender conundrum of the female experience where work love and motherhood intersect. -- Rebecca Miller director of <em>Maggie's Plan</em></strong></p><p><strong>Karen Rinaldi's <em>The End of Men</em> is in every way marvelous. A sharply drawn story--or more accurately stories--that gets everything right. Warm hearted but painfully close to the bone. --Anthony Bourdain</strong></p><p><strong>In 1995 I wrote a short story 'Baster ' inspired by some goings-on in my friend Karen Rinaldi's life. In 2003 that story significantly altered became the Jennifer Aniston-movie 'The Switch.' In 2016 another film 'Maggie's Plan ' directed by Rebecca Miller appeared this time based partly on Rinaldi's unfinished novel about said events. And now Rinaldi has finished that novel creating yet another version her own version. I knew it was a good idea the first time I heard it but I had no inkling it would prove quite so fruitful. Given the subject matter however how could it be otherwise? Certainly this is a story that keeps on giving. --Jeffrey Eugenides</strong></p><p> </p>