I loved the writing and read this in one sitting. But if you prefer your books to have some resolution you will find this one frustrating. ( )

A slim character study of Selena, past and present. Set at a dinner for her husband who has just lost a political campaign, Selena fears the knock on the door of the FBI related to her husband's campaign. This fear and uncertainty causes Selena to look at her life since her marriage and to recall an intense relationship with a woman when she was in college. Well written and character driven. ( )

Normally I prefer a little more plot, but this was a wonderful character-driven novel that leaves you pondering. ( )

2022 pandemic read. Local author, local setting. My reading goal for 2022 is to try to read more books either by people who don’t look and/or live like me, or are about people who don’t live/look like me. Glad to have found and read this one. In parts, it took me back to people and places I’d long forgotten. This book is many things, but ultimately, I came away thinking of it as a love story. ( )

I felt that the story of Lisette and Selena was unnecessarily truncated. The story lines just felt incomplete, not only at the end of the book, but throughout. The writing was good, but I wanted a bit more development. ( )