It's Easy to Kiss a Stranger on a Moving Train

Using a train motif, Cheryl Heineman's collection details the many stops she has made during her life in search of intimacy and self-realization. The book begins with her mother, a woman who made choices when divorce was not an option. The train rolls on with stops in the 60's before the pill, pauses for years of marriage and children, then moves on past divorce, cancer, and into advancing age. Heineman has advice for all granddaughters: underneath sadness, we all have a rebelliousness and a curiosity that will ultimately sustain us on our unpredictable journey through life.