GIRLFRIENDING is best enjoyed with coffee, on vacation, in the bath, or anywhere else.
Girlfriending: A Novel
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-or-die support of her best friend and the community she gathers along the way.
“I swallowed Girlfriending down in one big, thrilled gulp, not having realized how thirsty I was for exactly this calmly mesmerizing and fresh book about midlife. Also? It made me want to be a better person, somehow, even though it's sexy, page-turning fiction (i.e. not self-help). I am a huge Susanna Daniel fan and will be for life.”
—Catherine Newman, author of Sandwich and Wreck
“Girlfriending is a novel to read in a passionate rush, immediately start again in a more savoring way, and then press into the hands of everyone you know. Susanna Daniel is a treasure.”
—Amy Shearn, author of Animal Instinct
“A magic trick of a story about a life that’s been knocked over and broken open, full of vulnerability, generosity and desire. This novel literally makes me a happier person.”
—Michelle Wildgen, author of Wine People and You’re Not You
“Ravishing, racy, and tender. Girlfriending is a joyful, full-throated experience.”
—Flynn Berry, author of Northern Spy
“Daniel delivers a pitch-perfect story with this sensitively rendered novel about a late-in-life lesbian awakening.”
—BookLife
“A charming and insightful exploration of reinvention and connection.”
—Kirkus Reviews
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