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'A beautiful read / a perfect primer for an explosive lesbian affair / an essential truth' Lena Dunham

'I have meditated repeatedly on what it was about Finn that had me so dismantled.'

A young woman moves from the countryside to the city.
Inexplicably, inexorably and immediately, she falls in…

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1 author picked Women as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I rarely read books more than once, but this is one of the few that gets an exception based on its sharpness and ability to show its reader the highs and lows of a new, intoxicating, and hidden relationship.

The protagonist, as far as she knows, is straight, that is until she meets Finn. What happens then is what happens when you know that something is bad for you from the very beginning, but you pursue it anyway. So beautifully and painfully written but impossible to put down.

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