Birds of a Feather [Paperback]

Jackie Calhoun (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1999

Joan McKenzie is beginning to question her life's choices. Living alone and juggling two jobs to pay her mortgage aren't what she would have planned for herself. And that's exactly the problem. Because she never took charge of her life, her life took charge of her. Rather than finishing her education, she put all her energy into training dogs and showing horses. After she was dumped by the woman for whom she left her marriage, Joan just couldn't get into the dating scene. At times, she thought, the only things that kept her going were her dog, her love of the outdoors, and her long-term relationship with her best friend, Diane. But just when she least expects it, not one, but two exciting new women walk into her life, and a dramatic change in Diane's situation will soon give Joan a chance for a brand new start.

Product Details

• Paperback: 215 pages
• Publisher: Naiad Pr (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562802402
• ISBN-13: 978-1562802400
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,205,590 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too honest, April 1, 2000

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"pingelmorgen" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Birds of a Feather (Paperback)

Calhoun is a good writer and because I grew up in Wisconsin I enjoy reading about lesbians in settings I grew up in. I ordered Birds of a Feather after enjoying the novel By Reservation Only. That book had a happy ending. Birds does not. It leaves its women unable to form relationships for realistic and common reasons. But as someone who is like these women, myself, I look to the fictional world for successful everlasting bonding. So instead of escape, I got a book to identify with and think about.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Writing, Same Old Plot, August 12, 2001

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P. Bigelow (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birds of a Feather (Paperback)

In this outing, Calhoun introduces Joan McKenzie, living alone, holding down two jobs and attracted to her life-long best friend, Diane. While on the surface she acknowledges that a relationship with Diane is impossible, she can't seem to establish a committed relationship with another woman.

Calhoun is a talented writer with finely drawn characters. Unfortunately, you only need to read one or two books by Calhoun to know what the plots of all her books will be. In each book, there is the main character who is attracted to her best friend who is not interested so the main character turns to other women for physicality and a gay man for a secondary friendship.

Calhoun needs to stretch her talents to be the best she can be. If she does, that's when we'll have some very, very good lesbian novels come out of the mainstream lesbian publishers.