Katherine Heiny

Småskolelärarinnan Jane är nyinflyttad i Boyne City, Michigan, och när hon träffar Duncan blir hon snabbt förälskad. Han är charmig, gladlynt och snygg, men deras förhållande hade varit enklare om han inte hade legat med varenda kvinna inom tre mils radie.

Graham Cavanaugh's second wife, Audra, is everything his first wife was not. She considers herself privileged to live in the age of the hair towel; talks nonstop through her labour and delivery....

In the title story, we meet Maya, who is torn between her wryly funny boyfriend and the allure of her veterinarian....

When Graham Cavanaugh divorced his first wife it was to marry his girlfriend, Audra, a woman as irrepressible as she is spontaneous and fun. But life with Audra can also be exhausting....

Maya is in love with both her boyfriend and her boss. Sadie's lover calls her as he drives to meet his wife at marriage counseling....

The games and rituals performed by Katherine Heiny’s characters range from mischievous to tender...

Twelve glittering stories of love—friendships formed at the airport bar, ex-husbands with benefits, mothers of suspiciously sweet teenagers, ill-advised trysts—in all its forms, both ridiculous and sublime....