These twelve stories--about women of all ages--are so knowing, so effortlessly funny, so poignant that it's clear we're in the hands of a writer who has spent her half-century becoming an expert on the subject of "Women Who Love Too Much." "Funny, horrific, full of quick jumps from cool observation to gut punch. She turns on a dime and leaves you change."--E. Annie Proulox, author of THE SHIPPING NEWS.