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At age thirty-six, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for nearly a decade and mother to a toddler, Wizenberg tried to return to her life as she knew it, but something inside her had changed irredeemably. Instead, she would discover that the trajectory of our lives is rarely as smooth or as logical as we'd like to believe. Like many of us, Wizenberg had long understood sexual orientation as a stable part of ourselves: we're born this way. Suddenly, she realized that her story was more complicated. Who was she, she wondered, if something at her very core could change so radically? The Fixed Stars is a taut, electrifying memoir exploring timely and timeless questions about desire, identity, and the limits and possibilities of family. In honest and searing prose, Wizenberg forges a new path: through the murk of separation and divorce, coming out to family and friends, learning to co-parent a young child, and realizing a new vision of love. The result is a frank and moving story about letting go of rigid definitions and ideals that no longer fit and learning instead who we really are.

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Molly Wizenberg is a bestselling author whose work has been included in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Saveur, and other publications. A co-host for the Spilled Milk podcast, she also writes for the award-winning blog Orangette. With chef Brandon Pettit, she co-founded two restaurants in Seattle. Erin Mallon is an actor, writer, and voice artist in New York City. Her naturally warm personality and youthful sound have proven excellent tools for the many young adult and romance audiobook titles she has narrated. A devoted volunteer at The 52nd Street Project, she is the voice behind many TV and radio commercials, was one of BACKSTAGE's Career Dispatch columnists for 2012, and has originated roles with numerous theater companies.

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