{"id":161,"date":"2006-03-01T12:03:07","date_gmt":"2006-03-01T17:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/blog\/?p=46"},"modified":"2020-05-09T13:51:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T17:51:51","slug":"between-girlfriends-by-elizabeth-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"Between Girlfriends by Elizabeth Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Publisher\/Date:\u00a0<\/strong> Kensington Publishing Corporation, May 2004
\nGenre:<\/strong>\u00a0 Romance
\nPages:<\/strong>\u00a0 264<\/p>\n

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

Elizabeth Dean has become one of my favorite authors. Her uproarious first novel, It’s in Her Kiss<\/em>, paired a contemporary theme with an intelligent storyline, and created a first-rate book.<\/p>\n

And BETWEEN GIRLFRIENDS<\/em><\/strong> is no different.<\/p>\n

This story is about the lives of four lesbians who are smart, attractive and very with-it. Gracy is the narrator, a freelance writer who meets Blair, Parker, and Leslie at a New Year’s Eve Party. The four become fast friends and soon share everything – their lives, their loves, their joys, and their pains. It’s touching to find a group of hip lesbians, but I’m not quite sure how realistic.<\/p>\n

Lesbians do bond quickly; in fact, it’s the basis of most of our relationships: quick, quick, and quicker. Yet I’m not quite sure how often a group of this make up comes together. Let’s see. There’s Gracy, a writer (white); Parker is a rich, white businesswoman with a horny appetite; Lindsey (white) is a lawyer who doesn’t take many risks in life, and Blair is a black schoolteacher who is so prudent and prissy. Could this makeup really happen? I guess. I do applaud Dean for showing and embracing diversity. Some “authors” wouldn’t dare take that chance.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, the novel was highly entertaining. I loved the jokes, the witty banter and the discussion of today’s lesbian lifestyles. A lot of their points I agreed with wholeheartedly, like how lesbians move fast in relationships, how to find a “single” lesbian with no issues, and how lesbians never quite seem to let go of their exes. I just really had a lot of fun with this book. The story was truthful in its observations of our species, but didn’t take itself too seriously.<\/p>\n

In fact, I could call Between Girlfriends the lesbian Sex and the City<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Oh wait, we already have The L Word<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Reviewed March-April 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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