Hi! I'm Rochelle Hollander Schwab, author of the award winning novel, A DEPARTURE FROM THE SCRIPT. I published it independently, under the press name, Orlando Place Press.

In this novel, a Jewish mother helps her daughter plan a traditional Jewish lesbian wedding -- behind her husband's back! If that isn't enough tsuris -- Yiddish for aggravation -- for one person, then what is she to make of her own new infatuation with a striking lesbian artist?

A DEPARTURE FROM THE SCRIPT is fun, but it also has food for thought. That's why it was chosen for a book group guide -- Reading Group Choices: Selections for Lively Book Discussions 2002. To make it easier for reading groups, discussion topics are printed right in the book. Click the book's icon to what everyone is talking about!

Departure from the Script was also named winner of the Lambda Literary Foundation's Self-Published Book Award (women's books) See why for yourself -- click the link on the left for reviews and excerpt. Or, check out my other novels, short stories and author interview.