{"id":38690,"date":"2025-05-24T11:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T11:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/the-gulf-by-rachel-cochran\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T11:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T11:49:06","slug":"the-gulf-by-rachel-cochran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/the-gulf-by-rachel-cochran\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gulf by Rachel Cochran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Gulf<\/em><\/h2>\n

A Novel<\/em><\/h3>\n

Rachel Cochran<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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In this electrifying debut literary thriller, set on the gulf coast of Texas in the 1970s at the height of the women\u2019s liberation movement, a closeted young woman attempts to solve her surrogate mother\u2019s murder in a tight-knit, religious small town.In Parson, Texas, a small town ravaged by a devastating hurricane and the Vietnam War, twenty-nine-year-old Lou is diligently renovating a decaying old mansion for Miss Kate, the elderly neighbor who has always been like a mother to her. Mourning her brother\u2019s death in Vietnam, Lou dreams of enjoying a more peaceful future in Parson. But those hopes are crushed when Miss Kate is murdered, and no one but Lou seems to care about finding the killer.The situation becomes complicated when Joanna, Miss Kate\u2019s long-estranged daughter and Lou\u2019s first love, arrives in Parson\u2014not to learn more about her mother\u2019s death but for the house. Her arrival unearths sinister secrets involving the history of the town and its residents . . . revelations that may be the key to helping Lou discover the truth about Miss Kate\u2019s death and her killer.A gorgeously written, gripping story of forbidden love and devastating secrets that is a surprising twist on the traditional small-town story, The Gulf is a riveting and unsettling mystery that holds up a mirror to the values\u2014and failures\u2014of America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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