the THINGS BETWEEN US: Lesbians, Desire, Intimacy, and Women We Want

Every page is accompanied by a manga-style drawing.There is a moment before you know.Before anything happens.You notice her. Then you notice that you are noticing her.You remember something she said. You replay a look. You think about the way she touched your arm. You wonder who she is texting. You hope she will be there.Nothing has happened.This book begins there. In the space between desire and admission. Between friendship and attraction. Between wanting her and wanting to know whether she wants you.It is not a book about coming out, pride, history, or lesbian identity. It is about what happens when you want a woman, before you are ready to admit it.Desire does not always arrive as a declaration. Sometimes it arrives as attention. Jealousy. A message reread. A touch remembered days later. A reason to be near her.You can explain all of it.Until the explanation takes more effort than the feeling.What happens when I stop pretending I don't know that I do?