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A review by mischievous_monkey
Touchwood by Karin Kallmaker
4.0
This listen was a step back in time for me; back to a time when I was freshly out and proud and coming to terms with everything that meant for my life. I remember making the same assumptions about (and having the same frustrations with) the older generation of lesbians I came into contact with as Rayann did with Louisa. I too had to be educated as to why they made the life choices they did and learn to respect and appreciate the way their lives made things easier for my generation.
I also remember the joy of finding reflections of myself in the tiny amount of reading material with lesbian characters I could find and treasuring those establishments that carried the books, so the bookstore in this story held as much allure and nostalgia for me as the rest of the story did.
Angela Dawe narrating was an extra treat and leant the story more of an emotional punch than I would have gotten from reading the eBook. She does an excellent job of supplying the tone and expressiveness the author intended in each character’s dialog and I am sure makes a couple of the characters (Rayann’s mom and Dani) more palatable and three dimensional than my reading would have and takes one character’s (Zoraida) sexiness to the stratosphere.
Overall, a very enjoyable listen and something I could see myself returning to from time to time. And this audiobook cover - just lovely and perfect for the story.
I also remember the joy of finding reflections of myself in the tiny amount of reading material with lesbian characters I could find and treasuring those establishments that carried the books, so the bookstore in this story held as much allure and nostalgia for me as the rest of the story did.
Angela Dawe narrating was an extra treat and leant the story more of an emotional punch than I would have gotten from reading the eBook. She does an excellent job of supplying the tone and expressiveness the author intended in each character’s dialog and I am sure makes a couple of the characters (Rayann’s mom and Dani) more palatable and three dimensional than my reading would have and takes one character’s (Zoraida) sexiness to the stratosphere.
Overall, a very enjoyable listen and something I could see myself returning to from time to time. And this audiobook cover - just lovely and perfect for the story.