"It's a gift to the world, not quite a novel, not quite a collection of short stories....A precious moment in the channels of contemporary literature...very simply, a book of the heart."--San Francisco Chronicle¶"Her stories are carefully crafted magic....They joyously lull and illuminate."--Chicago Tribune

    

    Invisible Lives tells why, explaining it as an act of triumph for women-loving women and the first exposure of an alternative that will never be silenced again. 20 photos.

    Winner of 1990 Lambda Literary Award.

    As for Adelle, she works long hours, scribbles on a lot of papers, and phones places such as Nairobi or Pittsburgh.In the eight years Rose and Adelle have lived together, their relationship has evolved with all the accommodations and nuances of any long-time committed couple, along with quite a few quirks decidedly their own. But now there is a new equation in the mix: the doctors have found a suspicious mass in Adelle's breast.Rose copes with her increasing fear by doing all the things she does best, and the one thing she does best is cook. In fact this woman may be the best cook between here and the nearest four star Michelin restaurant. Rose Penski is so good a cook that you'll gain ten pounds just reading her menus.Rose Penski and her adored, maddening Adelle are two of the most endearing women ever to grace a novel about women who love each other.Rose Penski is a novel so warm, so funny, so human, so moving, so tender, so loving and scary, that you'll only regret reaching its final page.