public Library Edition . Excellent condition. First printing The Room-Mating Season" is a novel by Rona Jaffe, first published in 2003. It follows the lives of four young women—Leigh, Cady, Vanessa, and Susan—who share an apartment in New York City in 1963. The novel explores their friendships, love lives, and personal growth over nearly four decades. It is described as a story of "friendship, discovery, betrayal, and love"