Slow Dancing by Elizabeth Benedict

Slow Dancing by Elizabeth Benedict

Lexi Steiner is a New York girl transplanted to Southern California, an ambitious immigration lawyer whose best friend (alter ego, actually) is Nell, a writer. The two of them have followed each other around the country since college, being constantly together, sometimes sharing bedmates, and always telling each other absolutely everything. But at the age of 29, their shared life as refugees is beginning to wear thin; maybe love and caring about someone isn't such a bad idea after all.

Elizabeth Benedict is the author of five books, including Slow Dancing, a National Book Award finalist, and Nearly, a national bestseller. She contributes nonfiction to The Huffington Post, The New York Times, Allure, Tin House, and Daedalus, among others. She lives in New York City and has taught writing at Princeton University, the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop, Barnard, and MIT.