The Year of Yes.(是非之年)

When Idaho-born Headley, a 20-year-old NYU drama student, laments, "I felt like I'd dated and then hated every man in Manhattan," she thinks perhaps she's too critical. So she "decided that I would say yes to every man who asked me out on a date." It sounds disastrous, even scary, though she chose to exclude the drunk, the drugged, the violent, and cheating husbands. The first date was the Puerto Rican handyman who came to fix the toilet with his daughter in tow, the second a 40-year-old who spoke only Polish. One took her to a strip joint, one wanted his penis bitten, one was a woman and one asked her to marry him on the first date. One of the nicest turned out to be the 70-year-old Latino who made obscene sucking noises and claimed to have 11 children. The one Headley got a crush on turned out to be "mostly gay." And then what happened? Believe it or not—true love. Reader, she married him. It's sheer chick fluff, but amusing, with names changed "to protect the indignant, the infantile, and, of course, the innocent." .
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Book Description
Why Not Go Out On A Date With Everyone Who Asks You?

Plenty of reasons. They might be crazy. They might be creepy. They might be something other than what you're looking for. But then again, how would you know? Isn't love supposed to be blind?

The Year of Yes is the hilarious and hopeful account of one woman's quest to find a man she can stand (for longer than a couple of hours). Writer Maria Headley decided to leave her love life up to fate, going out with everyone who asked her. Opening her heart and mind to the possibility that her perfect match might be the person she least expected, she spent twelve months dating most of New York City, and beyond, including:

Jarzhe: A rech-boom millionaire who still lived with his mother
The Rockstar: A young homeless man who believed himself to be Jimi Hendrix
Chupa Chupa: A seventy-year-old neighborhood eccentric who spoke only Spanish

And finally, a man whose baggage should have taken him off her list - at least until the Year of Yes taught her what was really important.

Book Dimension
length: 17.2(cm) 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:10.4(cm)

Maria Dahvana Headley has been published in Susie Bright's Best American Erotica 2005 and The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica, Volume 5, as well as in several literary journals. Her plays have been developed at venues including the Kennedy Center and the Sundance Playlab. She lives in Seattle with her husband, playwright and screen-writer Robert Schenkkan, and her two stepkids.