Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write About Leaving Men for Women

Sexual identity is often described as something that can change over a lifetime, and a growing number of women are finding that their attractions have moved toward other women later in life. This anthology gathers essays by a wide mix of writers, some well known and others less so, who describe the moment they left a male partner for a woman. Their accounts range from comic to painful and are told with unusual frankness about desire, the reactions of family and friends, and the price of a difficult choice. Together the pieces form a candid portrait of how women understand love, identity and change at a time when such shifts are discussed more openly than ever before.