| Title | : | IN ISOLATION: A Short Book Of Long Monologues |
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| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
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| Publication | : | Published October 30, 2020 |
IN ISOLATION: A Short Book Of Long Monologues Reviews
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This is a collection of four stories about women in their 80s reflecting on their lives. Each story has a queer theme to it - lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender in that order, which I now realize matches up with LGBT!
I really liked these stories. They were short and bittersweet and they conveyed their emotion well in such a short time. I especially loved the second story, about the woman’s bond with her gay husband, and how sweet and close their relationship is after becoming a platonic friendship. It really shows the value of platonic relationships.
My second favorite was probably the fourth story, which was very sad but has an empowering ending where the woman is able to help her trans granddaughter.
Queerness in these time periods is usually not mentioned or explored, since queer people had to hide away. Because of this, I really liked that this book chose that time period as a theme, to show how queer people might have existed and led their lives.
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I have just read IN ISOLATION and loved it. At last a writer is honouring older women.
It is well written and balances both serious matters and humour. I particularly liked ‘people like us’ and ‘dreams o’ New York’. As a fan of Rachel Dax I also recommend her previous writings and her films.
