by Lisa Alther
First published 1995
Jude is a confident woman in her forties, worldly and sensual with a sharp sense of humor. But she cannot stop losing people. Her mother dies when Jude is young, leaving behind a close bond that gets replaced by her friendship with Molly, which turns erotic before ending abruptly. During college, Jude begins a relationship with Sandy, a young gay man who dies in the Stonewall riots despite their connection. As an adult, she finds herself caught up in a turbulent affair with a married woman. On a flight from Paris to New York, Jude reaches shocking realizations about the pattern that has shaped her life.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, adult-fiction, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York, Paris
Period: College, Stonewall Riots
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Content warnings: death, sexual-content