"The Story so Far" by Jane Eklund
236 pages; Published by Bauhan Publishing, LLC ©2020 The Seventies are entering the downturn, and a young woman is minding her own business at work in the college library. It's one of those days that start like any other, and the young, unassuming professional, the main character in "The Story so Far" by Jane Eklund , has no idea this day will change her life. This is the day she will meet "The Author"; an older, alluring woman who is known for writing, "the kind of book my friends and I mocked over pitchers of beer... Here, at the library, it wasn't even worthy of a catalog number." The books could be cheesy and preposterous, but they covered the bills and paid for the trips she frequently took. The attraction between the author and the main character is immediate and undeniable. Set over the course of twenty-five years, it follows the library assistant as she goes from work to The Author's home to her own home, a duplex she shares with a gay