Summary:

"A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick. Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases--a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old. It doesn't help that Stella has Asperger's and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice--with a professional. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. The Vietnamese and Swedish stunner can't afford to turn down Stella's offer, and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan--from foreplay to more-than-missionary position ... Before long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but crave all of the other things he's making her feel. Their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic.."-- Provided by publisher.
"Stella Lane comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases--a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old. It doesn't help that Stella has Asperger's and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice--with a professional--which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. With the looks of a K-drama star and the martial arts moves to match, the Vietnamese-Swedish stunner can't afford to turn down Stella's offer. And when she comes up with a lesson plan, he proves willing to help her check off all the boxes--from foreplay to more-than-missionary position. Before long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but to crave all of the other things he's making her feel. Their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter
Xicana Power by Favianna Rodriguez
Preface by Judith Kegan Gardiner and Leisa D. Meyer
"Ongoing Missionary Labor": Building, Maintaining, and Expanding Chicana Studies/History an Interview with Vicki L. Ruiz by Vicki L. Ruiz and Leisa D. Meyer
The Jane Season by Aurora Reynoso
The Wedding Feast by Aurora Reynoso
The Apricot Tree by Aurora Reynoso
Supermarket by Aurora Reynoso
Decolonizing Creativity by Favianna Rodriguez
"I'm a Citizen of the Universe": Gloria Anzaldúa's Spiritual Activism as Catalyst for Social Change by AnaLouise Keating
Resistance by Pat Mora
The Best-Loved Bones: Spirit and History in Anzaldúa's "Entering into the Serpent" by Anthony Lioi
Goddess of the Américas in the Decolonial Imaginary: Beyond the Virtuous Virgen/Pagan Puta Dichotomy by Irene Lara
La Llorona Considers the State of Tortillas by Norma Elia Cantú
Icons of Love and Devotion: Alma López's Art by Guisela Latorre
Sin Vergüenza: Chicana Feminist Theorizing by Edén E. Torres, Gabriela F. Arrendondo, Aída Hurtado, Norma Klahn, Olga Nájera-Ramírez, Patricia Zavella, Carla Trujillo, Emma Pérez, Chela Sandoval, Rosa Linda Fregoso,
The Women of Juarez Demand Justice by Favianna Rodriguez
Borderland Bolerista: The Licentious Lyricism of Chelo Silva by Deborah R. Vargas
Legalization Now! by Favianna Rodriguez
Sophia's Choice: Problems Faced by Female Asylum-Seekers and Their U.S.-Citizen Children by Anita Ortiz Maddali
Chopper! Chopper! by Verónica Reyes
Red Light, Green Light by Diana García
Still Life with Killdeers Diana García
Mobilizing Motherhood (And Fatherhood): Civic Empowerment in the Quake Zones of China by Rebecca Lee
A Women's History Report Card on Hillary Rodham Clinton's Presidential Primary Campaign, 2008 by Kathryn Kish Sklar
News and Views [Interview with Daisy Hernández, Editor of ColorLines] Karla Mantilla and Daisy Hernández
News and Views [Interview with Jelve Javaheri, Iranian Feminist] Jelve Javaheri, Mahsa Shekarloo and Nahid Keshavarz
Publications Received
Back Matter