Prism

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Summary: Flowering
Review: Ann, sixty-five and newly single again, retires from her job and decides to finally leave Chicago. She opts to move to a small town, where she figures she will remain a closeted dyke for the last years of her life. She finds a lively senior citizens community, and begins to settle into this new rhythm. Eldora enters her life, and Ann is instantly smitten. Eldora is a widow living at the farm where she grew up, where also her son and daughter-in-law reside. Ann chastises herself for being attracted to a grandmother, of all things, until a shocking admission by Eldora changes both their lives. Embarking on a surprising love affair in a small town at their respective ages is not something to be taken lightly, and maneuvering settled ways is not easy either. But love can find a way when desire is its strength. "Prism" is a wonderful romance that explores love and sex after sixty and proves the beauty of life at every age, and the surprises that await. As the novel progresses, Taylor expands her scope to include lesbian separatism, treatment of the elderly, and family values to make this a wholly enjoyable feast.