She writes humorous columns for The Huffington Post, The Scarsdale Inquirer, and Scarsdale10583.com and lives in Scarsdale, New York with her husband and two children. Although she would love to live in the city, suburbia is the inspiration for most of her funny ideas, and so she will remain in Westchester until “her neighbors kick her out”, as she puts it. On Wednesday November 28th, Gerstenblatt will discuss her recent novel about a wife, mother, and middle school teacher named Lauren Worthing, who needs some time off from her busy, suburban life. When a jury duty summons arrives, it creates the perfect alibi for the main character to ditch her slightly unfulfilling career, slightly spoiled children, slightly absentee husband, and slightly criminal babysitter – something that Gerstenblatt will liken to the fantasy that she feels many women in her community already share.