Describes one woman's life at the edge of turning forty, her midlife crisis, her obsession with the five men she had lusted after and lost between the ages of thirteen and thirty-five, and the impact of that obsession on her marriage.
The author recounts her struggles and successes in her quest to become a professional writer. She shares stories of her mentors who helped her along the way, including an English teacher, her brother, and poet Harvey Shapiro.
oral histories of the fall of communism in Eastern Europe
Shapiro, Susan
2004
Presents descriptions from men and women in Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, and the Czech Republic of their lives after the opening of the Soviet bloc.
