Breaking from Frame - Mille feuilles

Paperback, 270 pages

English language

Published by Ylva Verlag E.Kfr..

ISBN:: 978-3-690-06098-1

A slow-burn vintage lesbian romance about desire, freedom, and daring to embrace your truth.

In the spring of 1969, Mrs. Claire Davis struggles through a discontented life to play the perfect homemaker. When beautiful, unmarried Jackie Callas moves in next door, the mysterious and thoroughly modern photographer upends everything Claire thought was normal.

Embracing Jackie's friendship while trying to avoid the judgment of gossipy Acacia Circle, Claire finds herself swept down a path of longing and self-discovery that shatters her suburban bubble.

But when her secret dreams threaten to become real, will Claire have the strength to choose love over safety?

A slow-burn vintage lesbian romance about desire, freedom, and daring to embrace your truth.

In the spring of 1969, Mrs. Claire Davis struggles through a discontented life to play the perfect homemaker. When beautiful, unmarried Jackie Callas moves in next door, the mysterious and thoroughly modern photographer upends everything Claire thought was normal.

Embracing Jackie's friendship while trying to avoid the judgment of gossipy Acacia Circle, Claire finds herself swept down a path of longing and self-discovery that shatters her suburban bubble.

But when her secret dreams threaten to become real, will Claire have the strength to choose love over safety?

1 edition

Gersande La Flèche reviewed Breaking from Frame by Jazz Forrester

This book was a delightful surprise

5 stars

Like most readers who end up reading at least some romance, I tend to try very hard not to worry about things like realism or historical accuracy. But this novel set in the (all white, all Christian, all conforming) American suburbs in 1969-we-can-just-taste-the-70s blew me away. I later learned the writer has a background in both history and research, so chef's kisses all around! If you know anything about the 70s and USA queer history, there are a lot of tiny details that are going to jump out at you and grip your heart.

I'm going to be rereading this book on a regular basis, that's for sure. It's just beautifully done. There are a couple of scenes that are going to live rent-free in my head, forever!

Like most readers who end up reading at least some romance, I tend to try very hard not to worry about things like realism or historical accuracy. But this novel set in the (all white, all Christian, all conforming) American suburbs in 1969-we-can-just-taste-the-70s blew me away. I later learned the writer has a background in both history and research, so chef's kisses all around! If you know anything about the 70s and USA queer history, there are a lot of tiny details that are going to jump out at you and grip your heart.

I'm going to be rereading this book on a regular basis, that's for sure. It's just beautifully done. There are a couple of scenes that are going to live rent-free in my head, forever!