Lindy Kyle finds herself falling for her temporary roommate, duty-bound naval officer Rush Callaghan, and Carol Kyle tries to lure her ex-husband Steve, a submarine officer, back into her bed so that he can father her child.

"Acerbic and ruefully funny, [this book] weaves tales of young women-- deeply flawed and intensely real-- who struggle to get out of their own way. They love to drink and have sex; they make bad decisions with men who either love them too much or too little; and they haunt a Southern terrain of gas stations, public pools, and dive bars. Though each character shoulders the weight of her own baggage-- whether it's a string of horrible exes, a boyfriend...

"The beloved author of Early Morning Riser ("The funniest novel of the year." The Washington Post) brings us twelve glittering stories of love--friendships formed at the airport bar, ex-husbands with benefits, mothers of suspiciously sweet teenagers, ill-advised trysts--in all its forms, both ridiculous and sublime"-- The games and rituals performed by Katherine Heiny's characters range from mischievous and edgy to tenderly touching. In "Damascus,"...