New York: Pantheon, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - An uncommon memoir - In Berlin, where Lesser was planning to write a book about the Scottish philosopher David Hume, she finds herself instead writing "about her 'difficult friendship' with Leonard Michaels. In doing so, she comes to see that their difficulties - fights and reconciliations, mutual obstinacy, and an intensely shared interest in the arts - were an essential and binding aspect of a friendship which, despite Michaels recent death, remains an important part of her life." 205 pp. ISBN: 978-0-375424007.