Gail Sheehy's groundbreaking work Passages has defined the lives of millions of readers around the world, and her bestsellers The Quiet Passage, New Passages, and Understanding Men's Passages have continued her investigation of the stages of adult life. Her fifteenth book is Middletown, America. Sheehy is both a dramatist and a contributing editor for Vanity Fair. She is the mother of two daughters and divides her time between New York and California, as well as on the Internet, where she can be found at www.gailsheehy.com.