i picked this up on a whim a couple of days ago – it isn’t often that i’m able to read about older lesbians, and the opportunity to do so during pride month seemed altogether timely. the entirety of this book takes place over a single day – a life changing one, for the titular misses veal and ham – and i felt entirely immersed in it through the lens of beatrix’s point of view (that’s miss veal, for the uninitiated).

i find it particularly interesting when a day that is, indeed, life changing isn’t necessarily action-packed. i actually found myself reminded a lot of the buffy the vampire slayer episode “the body” – i don’t want to reveal too much, but the feelings it invoked and the impact it left on me felt similar. i do wish we’d seen a bit more glimpses of beatrix and dora originally falling in love, but i suppose that would’ve spoiled the purity of the single day narrative. regardless, though this work wasn’t very long, it left a touching, emotional impact.

I was very intrigued by this premise and the rich lives led by the ladies described in the blurb. I love a story of a quiet, mundane daily life hiding all manner of passion, experience, and a life fully realized. Unfortunately the writing here is quite amateurish, with grammatical errors, incomplete sentences, a matter-of-fact delivery, and an overall sense of a first effort.