The Physics of Relationships
Published by Guernica Editions
Lexi is a sixty-year-old widow whose solitary life is thrown into turmoil when a desperate young woman moves in with her, soon followed by the unexpected arrival of her best friend, who has separated from her husband of forty years.
The Physics of Relationships is a highly readable, intimate story about loss, aging, female friendship, family, and renewal…told with grit and humor.
“Skillfully written…[in a] cogent yet vulnerable voice.”
-Kirkus Reviews
“[The Physics of Relationships] was a joy to read. I loved the flow of the writing, the profundity of the observations, and the humour. You have truly sketched a very accurate, forgiving, and endearing picture of a woman at this stage of life. Thank you for writing this book.”
-Kaiya Cade Smith Blackburn - Editor
“The Physics of Relationships” is the story of a sixty-year-old widow who cultivates a life largely by finding herself and her people. Halpern makes the connection that as gravity holds the world together by pushing and pulling, the narrator's kindness also draws the people within her orbit together. This seemingly gentle story of an older woman's life drew me in and I could not stop reading until the very last word.
-Ruby from Goodreads - Reader