Summary of Laura Friedman Williams's Available

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#1 I was about to have sex with a stranger. I was completely unsure of what to do, but I had to admit that I was extremely out of my body and not at all interested in the life I had known for decades. I was certain that I did not belong where I was.

#2 I have been numb for months, and I am beginning to feel some joy again. I have been unable to get through more than a few hours of the day without weeping, but these small bits of peace give me hope.

#3 I was with Michael when his father and then his mother died of cancer. I was with him when his mother became sick, and I nursed her when she died. I was with him when his wife fell in love with another man, and I was with him when he decided to divorce me and be with his wife.

#4 I am at a loss after the affair. I am not ready to start dating again, and I don’t know how it’s done anymore. I want to stay home with the kids, but I also don’t want to be alone with my thoughts.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822524187

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was about to have sex with a stranger. I was completely unsure of what to do, but I had to admit that I was extremely out of my body and not at all interested in the life I had known for decades. I was certain that I did not belong where I was.

#2

I have been numb for months, and I am beginning to feel some joy again. I have been unable to get through more than a few hours of the day without weeping, but these small bits of peace give me hope.

#3

I was with Michael when his father and then his mother died of cancer. I was with him when his mother became sick, and I nursed her when she died. I was with him when his wife fell in love with another man, and I was with him when he decided to divorce me and be with his wife.

#4

I am at a loss after the affair. I am not ready to start dating again, and I don’t know how it’s done anymore. I want to stay home with the kids, but I also don’t want to be alone with my thoughts.

#5

I start looking for a band that is playing near me. I find a music venue that has a soul singer on the schedule. I buy tickets early, and wait for the show to start. I shower, groom neglected parts of my body, and apply rose body oil to my sun-kissed skin.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I had come to the wrong bar, thinking I would find a single man to sweep me off my feet. Instead, I was greeted by a group of rowdy men. I was both conspicuous and invisible at the same time. I sipped, breathed, and sipped again.

#2

I was on a date with Jack, a man who traveled hours to hear the singer. The singer was dreadful, and I looked at Jack, shrugging and grimacing. He leaned over my shoulder and whispered into my ear, Your hair smells amazing.

#3

I was not expecting to be kissed like that, and I was not prepared. I was shocked and delighted. I had not been kissed like this since I was a teenager. I was astonished.

#4

I was always concerned about how I appeared to others, and I would often primp and preen before they even got to know me. I was determined that my act would go on. I was showing him that I was ready and willing.

#5

I am finally with a man other than my husband, and I am extremely nervous. I had promised myself that I wouldn’t make this getaway weekend about a woman, but I was still terrified of being with another man.

#6

I had worried that I would miss Michael like a stabbing pain during my first encounter, but having shed self-consciousness and assumptions about who I am, I was profoundly free. I was surprised by how fun and liberating it was to give up control and stop dictating what end of the spectrum between making love and fucking our intercourse would be.

#7

I had assumed that I was out of touch with my body