Seeing Dell by Carol Guess

A novel about a lesbian taxi driver in the American heartland who is revealed through the stories of the townspeople who come in contact with her.

Publisher's Note
As the various inhabitants of a small midwestern town reminisce about Dell, a female taxi driver who dies in a highway accident leaving behind two lovers--one male, one female--a revealing portrait emerges of Dell, her life, and her relationships. Simultaneous. Tour. IP. , Dell is a taxi driver who lives on the outskirts of town memory until she leaves behind two lovers - one male, one female - and a small town populated by characters whose desires to touch each other - and in odd ways, to touch Dell herself - are thwarted by their human inability to know themselves or reveal themselves to each other. Dell is revealed to us through the stories of townspeople whose obsessions - both petty and grand - are told with Carol Guess's remarkable clarity and thoughtfulness., SEEING DELL marks the debut of a gifted new writer who positions her lesbian character in the heart of the American landscape: the small midwestern town, familiar to readers of much great American fiction, newly re-mapped as home to dell.Dell is a taxi driver who lives on the outskirts of town memory until she leaves behind two lovers--one male, one female--and a small town populated by characters whose desires to touch each other--and in old ways, to touch Dell herself--are thwarted by their human inability to know themselves or reveal themselves to each other. Dell is revealed to us through the stories of townspeople whose obessions--both petty and grand--are told with Carol Guess's remarkable clarity and thoughtfulness.