Martha Davis

Scissors, Paper, Stone Martha Davis

What is family, and who gets to define it? In 1964, Catherine and Jonathan adopt an infant girl from Korea, but Catherine's closest brother Andy doesn't approve. However, a few months after the adoption, Andy is killed in a sailing accident, leaving Catherine forever unable to resolve their argument. Narrated in alternating chapters by Catherine, her adopted daughter Min, and Min's best friend Laura, Scissors, Paper, Stone

spans twenty years of love, loss, and the complex reality of female friendships. By 1985, Catherine is divorced and living a risk-free life, Laura is away at college seeking a good-enough boyfriend, and Min is a bodyworker who has come out as lesbian and is finally embracing her Asian culture. After Min and Laura take a summer road trip together, the shifts in their friendship force all three women to examine the assumptions they've been living by and to make choices about the roles they want to play in each other's lives.