Lilac Mines: A Novel, by Cheryl Klein
Cheryl Klein's delicious novel about three generations of lesbian women in California combines a little history, a little mystery, and a little romance.
This book opens like a million before it—somebody gets dumped. Escaping a crushing breakup with her girlfriend and a sexual assault, Felix leaves L.A. to stay with her aunt in a small town called Lilac Mines.
From there, the narrative switches between the present day and the 1960s. There is a tension between Felix and her aunt. Will we find the clues in her aunt’s past to why she is treating Felix so gruffly?
I loved the small-town lesbian history and stories—I completely forgot that this book is fiction—Lilac Mines feels like such a real place.
—A Golden Crown Literary Society Award finalist.
Narrated by Bernadette Dunne who did such amazing work on the best sellers Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0) and Memoirs of a Geisha.
--Aretha Bright and Willow Pennell
