Dear John, I Love Jane Women Write About Leaving Men for Women

The new buzzword in female sexuality is "sexual fluidity”: the idea that for many women, sexual identity can shift over time, often in the direction of same-sex relationships.

Examples abound in popular culture, from actress Cynthia Nixon, who left her male partner of 15 years to be with a woman, to writer and comedienne Carol Leifer, who divorced her husband for the same reason. In a culture increasingly open to accepting this fluidity, Dear John, I Love Jane is a timely, fiercely candid exploration of female sexuality and personal choice.

The book is comprised of essays written by a broad spectrum of women, including a number of well-known writers and personalities. Their stories are sometimes funny, sometimes painful, but always achingly honest accounts of leaving a man for a woman, and the consequences of making such a choice.

Arousing, inspiring, bawdy, bold, and heartfelt, Dear John, I Love Jane is an engrossing reflection of a new era of female sexuality.

Candace Walsh is a writer, poet, and editor living in Santa Fe. She co-founded and edited Mamalicious magazine, and she is the articles and poetry editor at Mothering magazine.

Laura André received her PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A former Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of New Mexico, she now works for a bookseller specializing in photography books. Together with two dogs, she live in Albuquerque.