Nicole Krauss' Great House

This novel was just as absorbing as The History of Love! Once you're immersed, you can't get enough of it. Briefly, Great House is about a large desk and the stories of its many owners over the years.

It's totally a chick novel. Many of the male characters in Great House, especially Yoav and Arthur, display such tenderness towards their partners, reminding me a lot of the way Bart is towards me.