A Woman Like That: Lesbian and Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories Sociology So Dani asks the universe

So Dani asks the universe for the perfect friend-with-benefits--someone who knows the score and knows their way around the bedroom

She finds herself alternately in the company of winos

spends weeks in Los Angeles taking meetings with "tv executives slash amateur astrologers" while being a "cheese fry-eating slightly damp Midwest person

she must find it at the ballot box

seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey

A Woman Like That: Lesbian and Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories Sociology So Dani asks the universeThe act of "coming out" has the power to transform every aspect of a woman's life: family, friendships, career, sexuality, spirituality. An essential element of self realization, it is the unabashed acceptance of one's "outlaw" standing in a predominantly heterosexual world. These accounts sometimes heart wrenching, often exhilarating encompass a wide breadth of backgrounds and experiences. From a teenager institutionalized for her passion for women