{"id":1082,"date":"2009-11-01T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T17:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/blog\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2020-05-09T00:41:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T04:41:23","slug":"truth-disguised-by-quandi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=1082","title":{"rendered":"Truth Disguised by Quandi"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 <\/strong>Lulu.com, Dec. 2008
\nGenre(s):\u00a0 <\/strong>Coming of Age, Romance, Contemporary Fiction
\nPages:\u00a0<\/strong> 245
\nWebsite:<\/strong>\u00a0 http:\/\/www.truthdisguised.ning.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> \"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\" <\/p><\/strong><\/p>\n

A woman\u2019s appearance doesn\u2019t define her sexuality, so dressing like a boy shouldn\u2019t make you a lesbian, at least that\u2019s what Francis \u201cFrankie\u201d Livingston believes as she struggles with her imposed identity in TRUTH DISGUISED<\/em><\/strong> by first-time author Quandi.<\/p>\n

Tell that to her family and friends. They think her tomboy attire, the fact that she\u2019s never really had a boyfriend, and masculine demeanor are signs that she loves the ladies. Frankie hears it from her mother, who boisterously disapproves of her daughter being gay because of her own demons, and from her all-boy circle of friends that accept her but wonder out loud if she likes boys or girls. Only her father and girly twin sister, Arianna, support her no matter what or whom she chooses.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the thing, though. Frankie doesn\u2019t know what she wants. She\u2019s always felt like a man trapped in a woman\u2019s body, but can\u2019t say for sure that means she\u2019s a lesbian. When her dormmate, Tasha, becomes an admirer, Frankie pursues this flirtation with reservations. She\u2019s intrigued at being with a woman, and gives Tasha the relationship she wants, but secretly, Frankie has always held an attraction to her best friend, Maurice.<\/p>\n

This confusion has been a life-long burden for Frankie, haunted by whom she should be and whom she should love. Society tells her one thing, but her head tells her another. It\u2019s when serious issues arise with her family that she realizes her heart is the only thing she should listen to.<\/p>\n

In Truth Disguised<\/em>, Quandi has created an appealing heroine in conflicted Frankie. Her protagonist\u2019s journey is enhanced by fully-fleshed supporting characters, like her parents, sister and four homeboys. Also, the \u201cdon\u2019t judge a book by its cover\u201d message isn\u2019t forced on the reader. It\u2019s only the grammatical errors that take away from the plot. I was a little sad at the ending, but it\u2019s an eye opener for sure. A book for teens and questioning women alike, Truth Disguised<\/em> proves appearances aren\u2019t everything.<\/p>\n

Reviewed November 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 Lulu.com, Dec. 2008 Genre(s):\u00a0 Coming of Age, Romance, Contemporary Fiction Pages:\u00a0 245 Website:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.truthdisguised.ning.com A woman\u2019s appearance doesn\u2019t define her sexuality, so dressing like a boy shouldn\u2019t make you a lesbian, at least that\u2019s what Francis \u201cFrankie\u201d Livingston believes as she struggles with her imposed identity in TRUTH DISGUISED by first-time author Quandi. Tell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[37,136,140,197,327,360,375,401,428,448,501,512,525],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7370,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions\/7370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}