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Originally Posted by Ea
So you don't have any recommendations then?
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Hmmm, maybe it's my turn to blush, 'cause I really don't know any to recommend "in that department". I did recently read Francine Saint Marie's Secret trilogy: "The Secret Keeping", "Fortune is a Woman", and "The Stolen Kiss". You might want to check them out, in that order. They're very light reading, and available as eBooks. Like I said in another thread, I think Saint Marie is quite talented, but she could have done better with the books, in my opinion. But they still turn out to be entertaining reads, and the main characters are quite memorable.
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I don't think I've read any of Fannie Flagg. Oh, wait, there was one about a TV host whose mother had a troubled background and then she, the TV host that is, gets a breakdown. Okay, but not especially interesting, except I didn't know anything about the concept of 'passing as white' before I read it.
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I mentioned Fannie Flagg because she used to be the partner of Rita Mae Brown. Flagg is the author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" which was adapted into the film, "Fried Green Tomatoes". It's a funny book with a lesbian couple (implied) among the characters.