Name: Bittersweet
ISBN: 9780380799503

Nevada Barr

Award-winning author Nevada Barr reveals another side to her remarkable storytelling prowess with this heart-wrenching yet tender tale of two women whose boundless devotion to each other is continually challenged in nineteenth century America.

Bittersweet

Brook

An easy-enough read, but the story was too "femme danger & butch power" for me. The "love" story takes place between a late-20s/early-30s woman and a teenager (gross), and at a certain point they basically agree that if a man tries to marry Sarah, she'll just go along – bc obviously femme women are just waiting for a man, and butches have to fight those men off bc we have no agency. I dunno. This author is also, AFAIK straight... which is doubly strange. Weird shit happens in this, and maybe it's worth reading if you're super into the 19th century "west," but the adult on teen predatory love and the bullshit masc > femme stuff is really not my bag.