Patient, Female Julie Beer The stakes are higher and

The stakes are higher and the rivalries ever fiercer

author of Wonderfully Wired Brains

there is noise

"A wise and wonderfully enjoyable book

Patient, Female Julie Beer The stakes are higher andBy: Julie Schumacher Published by Milkweed Editions, 2026 05 05 From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Committee Members, a collection of wryly funny stories about ordinary women in all their complexity, fallibility, and humanity. An unsuspecting couple is treated to a luxury vacation by their deceased neighbor. After begrudgingly agreeing to volunteer at a nursing home, a middle school girl gambles over games of bridge with elderly