Widow-wise is a series of stories that begins with three nice Jewish girls as freshmen, sharing a dormitory room on the campus of The Ohio State University in September, 1956. Fifty-three years later, they sat together and shared the stories of their lives. Widow-Wise is vivid and full of promise as the author poses thoughts and observations about men and women with savvy insight into todays world . Not famous, not powerful, not rich, this is a book for the rest of us. second edition