A Room Full of Women by Elisabeth Nonas

Unlike her friends, advertising designer Blair Wilder revels in her freedom, disdaining a permanent lesbian relationship.

Real estate attorney Natalie Bazarian, as she approaches forty, envies Blair’s freedom. Yet she herself is the envy of her friends over her ten-year relationship with film editor Annie Weiss.

However, all is not fun and games in Blair’s bachelor existence. The mother who repudiated Blair for her lesbian lifestyle continues to haunt her life. Next door neighbour Ted grows ever weaker in his battle with AIDS. And new love interest Roxanne awakens too many echoes of a lost relationship.

And as for Natalie, young, idealistic Maggie has come into her life, and Natalie is seriously questioning everything: her career, the unremitting pressure of being a role model for her community of friends, and most of all, her relationship with Annie.