SUMMARY
According to conventional wisdom, many breakups are due to “the other woman” -the home wrecker who comes between perfectly contented lesbian partners. In this excerpt from The Lesbian Love Companion: How to Survive Everything from Heartthrob to Heartbreak, author Hall explores the fresh ways we might retell the traditional “other woman” tale. Also included in this excerpt are the benefits that accrue to monogamous and polyamorous lesbians who learn to tell such alternative stories.