First published 2021
Molly Wizenberg sits in a courtroom at age 36, serving on a jury. She watches a female attorney and feels something shift inside her. She has been married to a man for nearly ten years. She has a toddler at home. She tries to return to her normal life, but the feeling won't leave. Everything she believed about herself begins to unravel. She had always thought sexual orientation was fixed from birth. Now she faces a different truth. Her story is more complicated than she imagined. Wizenberg must navigate separation and divorce. She comes out to family and friends. She learns to co-parent her young child. She builds a new understanding of love. The book follows her journey through changing identity and the discovery that core parts of ourselves can shift in ways we never expected.
Genres: family-life, contemporary, memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, self-discovery
256 pages · Paperback · Abrams Press