Helpful Score: 3
This is wonderful debut novel which won the 1990 Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Fiction and was a Finalist for the American Library Association Gay and Lesbian Book Award. The main character Susan who is herself a lesbian finds a photo album from the 1920's in an antique store, takes it home and becomes obsessed with the pictures of the women she finds in the album and sets out to learn the history of these women, there's also a matter of her lover Catherine who doesn't understand Susan's desire and actually at times wonders if Susan isn't going crazy. This was like a mystery novel or maybe a jigsaw puzzle with some of the pieces missing and Susan is searching for the pieces. If you love historical fiction, or lesbian fiction that's well written, you'll love this book.
