<p> Tranquillity reigns in the ancient redwood forest until a women-only music festival sets up camp downriver from an all-male retreat for the ruling class. Among those entangled in the ensuing mayhem are a lovesick nurseryman, a panic-stricken philanderer, and the world?s most beautiful fat woman. <i>Significant Others</i> is Armistead Maupin?s cunningly observed meditation on marriage, friendship, and sexual nostalgia. </p>