In Short Measures: Three Novellas

<b>&quot;A propulsively well-written trio of novellas linked by a sense of loss and an inquiry into the impossible past.&quot; - Kate Christensen</b><br><br>In his three novellas, &quot;In Short Measures,&quot; &quot;Strong Conspirators,&quot; and &quot;Sally Forth,&quot; Michael Ruhlman delves deeply into the nuanced complexity of romantic and sexual love - and the inevitable evolution of the heart over the span of years and decades.<br><br>Each novella asks questions about the nature of love in terms of loyalty and fidelity - what are one's obligations toward one's spouse, one's family, and one's heart? In the first novella, &quot;In Short Measures,&quot; these questions are bound up in a writer's work and a long-ago love. In the second, &quot;Strong Conspirators,&quot; an unforeseen, cataclysmic event calls for responses from a husband and wife that have never been rehearsed because they have never been required nor even imagined. In &quot;Sally Forth,&quot; a pair of old friends is forced to explore lost youth and lost love relative to maturity, marriage, and the passage of time.<br><br>Profoundly thought-provoking and satisfying, these novellas are beautifully written with plot twists from beginning to end that will captivate the reader.<br>