Aftershocks Author:Jess Wells This exclusive Triangle Classics edition celebrates Jess Wells's extraordinary 1992 novel Aftershocks, in which a circle of women living in San Francisco must confront their deepest fears after a major earthquake hits. — Six women, five of them lesbians, come together after disaster strikes to find their way in an altered world. Among them ar... more »e Trout, a successful businesswoman unaccustomed to losing control...Her partner-in-life, Patricia, eyewitness to the collapse of a building she helped construct...Cherice, trapped in an elevator with an arrogant straight guy...Louise, whose dyke bar becomes a haven for so many whose lives have suddenly become upended...How each of these women come to terms with their past, present, and future-and learn to love and live anew-is altogether breathtaking to witness.
In light of the disorienting events of Septemeber 11, 2001, this classic now takes on a striking level of potency. As Katherine V. Forrest notes in her new Introduction to this edition, "What an improbable occurrence: a book, compelling and resonant in its own time, acquiring yet another layer of relevancy...Aftershocks is a novel written ten years ago whose time has finally come."« less