ERICA ABEEL is the author of five books, including the novel Women Like Us, which was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, and I'll Call You Tomorrow and Other Lies between Men and Women, collected journalism, including columns written for the "Hers" column in the New York Times. A former dancer, Abeel was, until recently, Professor of French literature at City University of New York. As a journalist, she has published articles in several major journals, including multiple sections of The New York Times.