A Field Guide to Deception is a 2009 contemporary novel by Jill Malone, published by Bywater Books. The book is an explicit work of lesbian fiction that won the 2010 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, focusing heavily on themes of lesbian relationships, grief, secrets, and makeshift queer family dynamics.
Following her aunt s death, Claire Bernard finds herself struggling with deep grief, managing a sudden shift in her role as a mother, and maintaining a unique secret: she was the ghostwriter behind her late aunt’s famous mushroom field guides. Seeking to renovate her aunt’s Spokane home, Claire hires Liv, a sharp, emotionally guarded carpenter who spends her nights drifting through local bars to avoid commitment. As the two women enter an intense, complicated relationship, a tangled web of hidden pasts, shifting alliances, and unrequited love from close friends threatens to unravel their fragile connection.
Following her aunt s death, Claire Bernard finds herself struggling with deep grief, managing a sudden shift in her role as a mother, and maintaining a unique secret: she was the ghostwriter behind her late aunt’s famous mushroom field guides. Seeking to renovate her aunt’s Spokane home, Claire hires Liv, a sharp, emotionally guarded carpenter who spends her nights drifting through local bars to avoid commitment. As the two women enter an intense, complicated relationship, a tangled web of hidden pasts, shifting alliances, and unrequited love from close friends threatens to unravel their fragile connection.
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| Title: A Field Guide to Deception |
| Author: Jill Malone |
| ISBN: 9781930000000 |
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| Genre: Award Winner; Fiction; Romance |
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| Publication Date: 40148 |
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| Publisher: Bywater Books |
| Language: English |
| Format: Paperback |
| Pages: 266 |
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| Book_ID: 107513 |