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pluralstories"I don't think the therapist knew what she was doing. She kept looking for the real person. They're all real."
Blurb: When a skeezy San Antonio psychotherapist is found murdered in her office, it's up to lesbian detective Lucia Ramos to find the killer, with the help of her median love interest, Amy.
Why is it worth your time?: This is not going to be a book for everyone, but if you want a mystery where lesbians, incest survivors, and therapists are both heroes and villains, and with a pretty cool median love interest, this is the book for you. (There's also a more florid client with MPD, but she doesn't play a major role.) Anyone who has had an abusive therapist may find this book cathartic.
Amy's shifts are treated in a straightforward, everyday way that's refreshingly ordinary. She is neither treated as fragile victim nor exotic curiosity. As she explains, "I've got some of the symptoms of Multiple Personality Disorder, but to a very light degree. It's a continuum, of course, like most human behavior. I have mood shifts, but not true personality shifts. There is a core that is always present, not just observing. No amnesia. Just fickle and fluid. It keeps me interesting."
Plural Tags: abuse high-focus, median, medical
Content Warnings: contain spoilers; see comments
Access Notes: Only officially available in paperback secondhand, though cheaply. I found my copy through the library, but that seems to have been a lucky break. However, archive.org has a screenreadable copy!
Misc Notes: Winner of the 1990 Spinsters Lesbian Fiction Contest.
Blurb: When a skeezy San Antonio psychotherapist is found murdered in her office, it's up to lesbian detective Lucia Ramos to find the killer, with the help of her median love interest, Amy.
Why is it worth your time?: This is not going to be a book for everyone, but if you want a mystery where lesbians, incest survivors, and therapists are both heroes and villains, and with a pretty cool median love interest, this is the book for you. (There's also a more florid client with MPD, but she doesn't play a major role.) Anyone who has had an abusive therapist may find this book cathartic.
Amy's shifts are treated in a straightforward, everyday way that's refreshingly ordinary. She is neither treated as fragile victim nor exotic curiosity. As she explains, "I've got some of the symptoms of Multiple Personality Disorder, but to a very light degree. It's a continuum, of course, like most human behavior. I have mood shifts, but not true personality shifts. There is a core that is always present, not just observing. No amnesia. Just fickle and fluid. It keeps me interesting."
Plural Tags: abuse high-focus, median, medical
Content Warnings: contain spoilers; see comments
Access Notes: Only officially available in paperback secondhand, though cheaply. I found my copy through the library, but that seems to have been a lucky break. However, archive.org has a screenreadable copy!
Misc Notes: Winner of the 1990 Spinsters Lesbian Fiction Contest.
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Date: 2023-06-26 06:18 pm (UTC)