![]() the beginning is about a Very Bad Thing she did to her college advisor and mentor, as a consequence of which said college professor blackballs her and kicks her out of his class. The protagonist of this third-person novel is a 20-something film student with a bunch of hurt under her skin and a huge longing for wholeness, acceptance and love. they are just not published by the misogynistic, homophobic big presses. ![]() Many of us complain about the dearth of well-written, powerful women's/lesbian stories (i hesitate to pigeonhole this book: it's a good book for everyone), but you know, they exist. the write-ups by alison bechdel and emme donaghue didn't hurt. but maybe i love that it wasn't a bestseller and that one of the two independent bookstores we have in miami had a stack of them in the shop and i liked the cover enough to buy it. ![]() if z egloff were a man if this were for young adults if the market liked stories of women who fall in love with other women, this would have been a best-seller. ![]()
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