Trouble A Novel Author:Kate Christensen A vibrant story of female friendship and midlife sexual awakening from the acclaimed author of The Great Man, winner of the 2008 PEN/Faulker Award. — — Josie is a Manhattan psychotherapist living a comfortable life with her husband and daughter?until she is struck with the sudden realization that she must leave her passionless marri... more »age. At the same time, her college friend Raquel, a Los Angeles rock star, is being pilloried in the press for sleeping with a much younger man who happens to have a pregnant girlfriend. The two friends escape to Mexico City for a Christmas holiday of retreat and rediscovery of their essential selves. Sex has gotten these two bright, complicated women into interesting trouble, and the story of their struggles to get out of that trouble is totally gripping at every turn.« less