Getting over Tom

Readers will recognize the author of these delicious stories as a fellow foot soldier from the battle of the sexes. Abigail Thomas seems to know everything there is to know about women who always fall for the wrong man. Her characters range from child brides (who are also child mothers) to middle-aged grandmothers (who indulge in cradle-robbing flings). They say things like: "I thought he had noticed me and I knew it was one of my better days, because a woman standing next to me whispered, 'You don't have a stitch on under that dress, do you?" and: "'I miss you,' he says, turning around, and…