I've Seen You Naked Over 8000 Times

<p>It was supposed to be a one-night stand. A couple of decades later Ilene finds herself lying beside a middle-aged version of that same guy-now sporting a bald spot and nasal strip.</p><p>This memoir-presented as a collection of essays and cartoons-is the diary of a relationship between a nice Jewish girl from Austin Texas and an Arab-American former altar boy from Waco. Together they've negotiated dozens of religious holidays (from both testaments) hundreds of uninspired meals years of home improvement along with mental illness travel and a mutually agreeable definition of romance. It's a take on what happily ever after really looks like when a couple of characters show up for each other even when they would rather cross Death Valley with one bottle of water and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.</p>