pickShort stories that are paired up with at least one shared character (cool idea) and most are centered around lesbian characters inside long-term relationships (including family and friendships.) In my own reading these stories link to Polar Vortex by Shani Mootoo and Fair Play by Tove Jansson, all of which I've read in the past month or so, with themes of maturing people and longevity in relationships.
pickAn astute collection of six stories arranged in linked pairs. All of them are about Canadian lesbians and the time frame spans about a century. Full review and Giller prediction: https://lindypratch.blogspot.com/2020/08/swimmers-in-winter-by-faye-guenther.htm... #lgbtq #CanadianAuthor #shadowgiller
The suits would be our stage look, she said, and we could wear them offstage too. I put one on and it felt just right. The suit of my desires. Wearing it, I moved with a feeling of buoyancy and endurance—what they now call confidence—as if I could swim a long distance, as if I could dare to make it from one far shore to another.
#lesbians
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Life has its own current, though. No matter your will, there's the rush and the undertow. The truth is that I'm not a swimmer. If I learned how to stay afloat, it was only because I knew what drowning felt like.
Lucille talks like someone who never runs out of what there is to lose.
Thank you @Lindy!! It arrived safe and sound! Appreciate it!
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