Chemical Moments: Stories of Love, Art, Cooking, Chemistry, and Code

"I’ve always been fascinated by that moment, the transition when one thing becomes something else. The moment the magic happens."Allison is talking about atoms and electrons, but human bonds are just as fascinating as chemical bonds, and quite a bit more mysterious.Chemical Moments explores the lives and loves of four smart, successful, lonely women who are linked by bonds of friendship and love.Allison Kendall is a chemist who knows much more about what's going on in chemical reactions than what's going on inside her own head. A chemical moment in college shows her something surprising and beautiful about herself, and another moment in a lab in Arizona is an even bigger surprise.Sumita Desai is a wife and mother, in an arranged marriage to a wonderful Indian man, but loving her husband is harder than it should be. A play date with an old friend and their children forces her to confront her feelings, and, years later, a tragedy changes the course of her life.Sarah Oda is a software developer in Seattle, straight, happy in her career, and alone. When a new designer named Meaghan comes to work on her team, a kiss in the forest finally shows her everything she's been searching for.Christine Wainwright is a technology lawyer who has worked hard her whole life, and now she has it all – a job at a top DC law firm, a husband on the senior staff of a powerful Senator, a beautiful house in Virginia. When a phone call from an old friend sets off a series of events that shatters her perfect life, she discovers a new life, one that's not so perfect, but perfect for her.All four women, and their loves, come together at the end for a wedding at a country inn in Virginia