So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building

For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth

and the power of believing in a free and thriving future

It is a special day for cousins Dawa and Olana

* Unmatched authenticity and attention to detail: Written by Michael Witwer

Girlfriending: A Novel Kate Flannery So when the town threatensA novel that is so charming and warm and smart and about friendship and love and middle age and I want to give it to all my middle aged friends going through divorces and life reckonings. Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep and Romantic Comedy After a brief, head spinning affair leaves her heartbroken, a divorced, perimenopausal mother sets out to date ten women in exploration of what she calls her lesbian adolescence, a quest she takes on with the ride