![]() ![]() Marisol’s love of home shines through in the lovingly detailed descriptions of her neighborhood, the novel’s prose mirroring Marisol’s classroom assignment to describe a sense of place: “ up the familiar scene,” Olivia says, plagiarizing Anaïs Nin. As Marisol’s relationship with Olivia intensifies, her friends worry that something’s not right. ![]() It’s a fairy-tale life for this urbane lesbian, which only improves when Marisol meets her teacher: gorgeous, charismatic Olivia, who seems drawn to Marisol. She enrolls in adult-ed classes in writing and moves in with her best friend. It’s been nine years since the publication of Hard Love (1999), but only four months have passed for Marisol, who’s deferred her matriculation at Stanford to write a novel. ![]()
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