...and reading

Turmoil, dislocation, and a happy ending -- with sharp observations: "Lou Ann is making bold changes in her life: she recently got a job at an exercise salon called Fat Chance and now wears Lycra outfits in color combinations that seem dangerous, like the poisonous frongs that inhabit the Amazon" and the woman who, finishing a phone call, "backs up several stitches through her quilted thoughts".