Among Us Women is about three women of different ethnicity and generations. Their shared interest in design--not coincidentally the life's work of Joan Lerner--enabled the author to merge their stories. Rose, a widow finds herself free of an abusive husband. She relishes her empowerment until a liaison with her minister and his anti-abortion cause disorders her life. Jane is celebrating her pregnancy by in vitro when she learns her gay husband has a secret life. Eva, an African American feminist must consider abortion when her Caucasian married lover insists. Important social, religious and...