The characters in Happy Like This are smart girls and professional
women--social scientists, linguists, speech therapists, plant
physiologists, dancers--who search for happiness in roles and
relationships that are often unscripted or unconventional. In the midst
of their ambivalence about marriage, monogamy, and motherhood and their
struggles to accept and love their bodies, they look to other women for
solidarity, stability, and validation. Sometimes they find it; sometimes
they don't. Spanning a wide range of distinct perspectives, voices,
styles, and settings, the ten shimmering stories in Happy Like This
offer deeply felt, often humorous meditations on the complexity of
choice and the ambiguity of happiness.