When I started reading, I didn’t know the historical context, and it was only when I reached the halfway point that I researched a bit. The gripping soap opera antics aside, I honestly really saw myself in Laura. The type of love and friendship that one can only dream of. Her and Jack’s friendship was the sweetest thing on Earth - a bit reminiscent of Evelyn and Henry from The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. But I empathized with her and just wanted to give her a big hug. You’ll want to shake some sense into her each time. She’s emotional, unstable, insecure, and pretty much everyone tells her to get some therapy. And then things are complicated further when Laura is forced to face her dad. Marcie and her on and off husband Burr drag Laura into their relationship problems. Laura meets Beebo (I know), a gritty butch woman, and they’re instantly attracted to each other but you know, Laura’s still pining over Marcie. who turns out to be gay too, and introduces Laura to queer bars and a life for people like them. The two become fast friends, but Laura falls for Marcie hard-and painfully pines in secret. In New York she finds a job as a typist and rooms with Marcie. Her old girlfriend Beth broke up with her and married a man, and she’s utterly wrecked. She’s avoiding an abusive father and a broken heart. Laura, a closeted lesbian, flees Chicago for New York. This one reminds me of a more grown-up, pulpy version of Last Night at the Telegraph Club. But I adored it, and that’s why I’m rating it so high. It’s not the best written thing out there.
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