Cows and Horses

Rating:
Summary: One of the most excellent novels I've ever read
Review: I read this novel several years ago and found it hilareous, then when I re-read it again, it struck me as very sad. That has led me to the belief that this is a very multi-layered book.

The characters are very well drawn, and the writing is excellent. The way Ms. Wilson depicts various types of lesbian personalities and the lesbian community is very true--I've certainly met people just like the ones portrayed in this book.

The story revolves around a central lesbian character whose long term relationship has disintegrated. She chooses various ways to try and find a new love in her life. She also, at first, avoids the pain of grieving over her lost relationship. She does this by reading a book about the St. Petersburg Siege, to wondering about various women and whether she could fall in love with them and it could work or not.

I think almost anyone of any gender or sexual orientation who has gone through the end of a relationship and the throes of searching too soon, and too desperately, for a new one could relate to this heroine and this story.

I can't recommend this book highly enough.

Rating:
Summary: One of the most excellent novels I've ever read
Review: I read this novel several years ago and found it hilareous, then when I re-read it again, it struck me as very sad. That has led me to the belief that this is a very multi-layered book.

The characters are very well drawn, and the writing is excellent. The way Ms. Wilson depicts various types of lesbian personalities and the lesbian community is very true--I've certainly met people just like the ones portrayed in this book.

The story revolves around a central lesbian character whose long term relationship has disintegrated. She chooses various ways to try and find a new love in her life. She also, at first, avoids the pain of grieving over her lost relationship. She does this by reading a book about the St. Petersburg Siege, to wondering about various women and whether she could fall in love with them and it could work or not.

I think almost anyone of any gender or sexual orientation who has gone through the end of a relationship and the throes of searching too soon, and too desperately, for a new one could relate to this heroine and this story.

I can't recommend this book highly enough.

Rating:
Summary: Cows and Horses by Barbara Wilson
Review: Was shocked, in leafing through your books, to find that this excellent book had no review. I read it when it first came out many years ago and it still sticks with me as one of the best. It has a wonderful moody northwest ambiance, the characyers were engaging and the story well told. I reserve 5 stars for something extraordinarily literary which is a very rare thing, so 4 stars is usually my top recommendation. Barbara Wilson is great to read.