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WORK TITLE: She’s My Dad
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BIRTHDATE: 1950?
WEBSITE: https://iolanthewoulff.blogspot.com/
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STATE: CA
COUNTRY: United States
NATIONALITY: American
Transgender novelist.
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PERSONAL
Born c. 1950, in New York, NY; daughter of Herman Wouk; children: one daughter.
EDUCATION:Princeton University, graduated, 1973.
ADDRESS
CAREER
Writer. Has also worked for an automobile developer, cofounded a diving business in Israel, and run her family’s cattle farm in Hunt County, VA.
AVOCATIONS:Reading, cooking, fishing, grilling, and target-shooting.
AWARDS:Best bisexual/transgender contemporary book winner, Rainbow Awards, 2010, and gold medal in fiction/intrigue, Reader’s Favorite Awards, for She’s My Dad.
WRITINGS
Contributor of a column to an LGBT magazine. Maintains a blog.
SIDELIGHTS
Iolanthe Woulff is a writer based in Palm Springs, California. Born in New York City as a male son of author Herman Wouk, Woulff transitioned to female later in life. She holds a degree from Princeton University. She has worked as an assistant to an automobile developer and cofounded a diving company in Israel with her brother. Woulff also ran her family’s cattle farm in Hunt County, VA before settling in Palm Springs.
She's My Dad
Woulff’s first published book is She’s My Dad. It tells the story of Nickie Farrell, a transgender woman, who must face her past. When she was still presenting as male, Nickie attended a school in northern Virginia called Windfield College. She appreciated her time at the school, whose liberal perspective was a welcome change from the conservative surrounding area. However, she still feels uncomfortable about having lived as a male there. Years after graduating, Nickie is hired as a professor at the school. A reporter at the student newspaper, Cinda Vanderhart, asks to interview Nickie for the paper. Through information Nickie shares, Cinda discovers that Nickie is transgender and outs her in the newspaper. Meanwhile, a local young man named Collie Skinner searches for his biological father. His mother is very sick and has just recently given Collie more information about him. Collie receives help researching his fathers identity from Robin Thompson, a fellow server at the restaurant where he works. Eventually, it is revealed that Nickie is Collie’s father.
A Kirkus Reviews writer described She’s My Dad as “a deft and nuanced study in contradictions, clashes, and mismatches and a stirring reminder that so often that’s exactly what life is.” The same writer also noted that the book offered “a rich web of complex questions, rendered beautifully in this tale of a transgender professor.” A reviewer on the Luxury Reading website suggested: “She’s My Dad is an action packed story with a great deal of insight into the human heart. Woulff creates a cast of characters that are fascinating and cause the reader to care about what happens to them. She’s My Dad is more than just a novel, it is an experience.” Sharon Clayton, critic on the Eclectic Review website, called the book “very unique” and commented: “The suspense in this novel will keep you reading, and the message it brings will stay with you forever.”
Stainer
In 2017, Woulff released Stainer: A Novel of the “Me Decade”. In an interview with a contributor to the Indie Reader website, Woulff revealed that she wrote the novel during the 1970s. She stated: “Since I wrote the book four decades ago, I must confess that I cannot precisely recollect what the initial idea was. I just sat down and started scribbling (longhand, on legal yellow sheets) and eventually the novel emerged. But now that I think of it, I did nurse an admittedly puerile desire to vengefully skewer a ‘particular person’, as you say, and decided that the cleverest way to accomplish that would be to portray them as a thoroughly rotten character in a book.” Woulff continued: “So I did; and no, I won’t tell you which character, but suffice it to say that nowadays my intended skeweree is rich, fulfilled, aging much better than I am, and blissfully unaware of my—or my novel’s—existence. Which, all things considered, is exactly as it should be.”
Set in 1975 in New York City, the novel’s protagonist is Ben Steiner. On Ben’s twenty-first birthday, his life changes through chance introductions to an over-confident Princeton kid named P.T. Deighland and the beautiful and kind Rebecca Glaser. Ben and Rebecca have an immediate connection, but a potential relationship between them is threatened by Anthea Montague, a vengeful model.
BIOCRIT
PERIODICALS
Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2017, review of She’s My Dad.
ONLINE
AuthorsDen.com, http://www.authorsden.com/ (May 7, 2018), author profile.
Eclectic Review, https://eclecticreview.wordpress.com/ (June 9, 2010), Sharon Clayton, review of She’s My Dad.
Indie Reader, https://indiereader.com/ (April 12, 2018), author interview.
Luxury Reading, http://luxuryreading.com/ (April 13, 2018), review of She’s My Dad.
Iolanthe "Lannie" Woulff came into the world as a male during the fifth year of the Truman presidency, which means that she is rapidly acquiring the status of an antique. In 1958 her family moved from Manhattan to the island of St. Thomas, which in those days was a sparsely-populated tropical dot in the Caribbean. There "Nate", as Lannie was known in those days, spent several idyllic years gleefully swinging from jungle vines and swimming on the world's most beautiful unspoiled beaches. She treasures many poignant memories of that lost paradise, which, alas, is no longer.
Moving back to the mainland in 1964, Lannie attended The Maret School in Washington, D.C. As the Vietnam War raged and protest movements convulsed the nation, she gained admission to Princeton, and after escaping the inaugural Selective Service lottery by a scant fourteen points, graduated in 1973 with a degree in English. For several ensuing years she lived in New York City and worked for her uncle, who was then developing an early prototype hybrid vehicle. That was during the Studio 54 era, the so-called "Me Decade", which Lannie experienced at full throttle while writing a coming-of-age novel called STAINER, which until recently remained unpublished.
In 1980, at the urging of her younger brother, she moved to Israel, where together they opened a diving business on the Red Sea. When the Lebanon War wiped out the tourist trade and with it their business, she returned stateside to raise pedigreed Black Angus cows on a family farm in northern Virginia's famous Hunt Country. The rolling hills and pastoral beauty of that area provide the setting for SHE'S MY DAD.
Succumbing to the lure of the West in 1987, she finally settled for good in the California resort town of Palm Springs. Ten years later, fulfilling a lifelong imperative, Lannie commenced the complex and emotionally turbulent process of gender transition. During the process she authored a column called "The T Dance" in one of the local LGBT magazines, before turning her attention full-time to fiction writing.
Lannie enjoys reading, fishing, target-shooting, cooking, doing absolutely nothing, and grilling steaks for her 102-year-old father, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk. Thus far she has published two novels: SHE’S MY DAD, and as mentioned above, STAINER. Lord willin’ and the Creek don’t rise, more will follow.
Iolanthe Woulff is a transsexual woman. SHE'S MY DAD is her debut novel.
Iolanthe "Lannie" Woulff came into the world as a male during the fifth year of the Truman presidency, which means that she is rapidly acquiring the status of an antique. In 1958 her family moved from Manhattan to the island of St. Thomas, which in those days was a sparsely-populated tropical dot in the Caribbean. There "Nate", as Lannie was known in those days, spent several idyllic years gleefully swinging from jungle vines and swimming on the world's most beautiful unspoiled beaches. She treasures many poignant memories of that lost paradise, which, alas, is no longer.
Moving back to the mainland in 1964, Lannie attended The Maret School in Washington, D.C. As the Vietnam War raged and protest movements convulsed the nation, she gained admission to Princeton, and after escaping the inaugural Selective Service lottery by a scant fourteen points, graduated in 1973 with a degree in English. For several ensuing years she lived in New York City and worked for her uncle, who was then developing an early prototype hybrid vehicle. That was during the Studio 54 era, the so-called "Me Decade", which Lannie experienced at full throttle while writing a coming-of-age novel which fortunately remained unpublished.
In 1980, at the urging of her younger brother, she moved to Israel, where together they opened a diving business on the Red Sea. When the Lebanon War wiped out the tourist trade and with it their business, she returned stateside to raise pedigreed Black Angus cows on a family farm in northern Virginia's famous Hunt Country. The rolling hills and pastoral beauty of that area provide the setting for SHE'S MY DAD.
Succumbing to the lure of the West in 1987, she finally settled for good in the California resort town of Palm Springs. Ten years later, fulfilling a lifelong imperative, Lannie commenced the complex and emotionally turbulent process of gender transition. During the process she authored a column called "The T Dance" in one of the local LGBT magazines, before turning her attention full-time to fiction writing.
Lannie is the proud parent of a beautiful and accomplished daughter, loves to tease her generic tabby cat Xena, and looks forward to spending timewith her eminent father, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk.
Storytelling has always been dear to Ms. Woulff's heart. Her hope is that besides providing a suspenseful read, SHE'S MY DAD will help to dispel some of the widespread misconceptions about transsexual people.
Finally, having mastered the art of writing about herself in the third person, and believing that one must always retain a sense of humor, Lannie is writing another novel.
Birth Place: New York, NY USA
Accomplishments: SHE'S MY DAD has been honored as a Finalist in the GLBT category of the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
2010 Rainbow Awards - Winner: Best Bisexual/Transgender Contemporary.
Finalist: Mystery/Suspense, 2011 Global eBook Awards.
Gold Medal: Fiction/Intrigue, 2011 Reader's Favorite Awards.
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Introduction I’ve occasionally been described as "indescribable". I suspect there may be some truth to this. A brief rundown: Iolanthe "Lannie" Woulff came into the world as a male during the fifth year of the Truman presidency, which means that she is officially an antique. In 1958 her family moved from Manhattan to the island of St. Thomas, where "Nate", as Lannie was then called, enjoyed swinging from jungle vines and swimming on beautiful unspoiled beaches. Moving back to the mainland as Vietnam protests convulsed the nation, Lannie gained admission to Princeton, and graduated in 1973 with a degree in English. For a while she lived in New York City, then Israel, then Virginia, but finally settled in the California resort town of Palm Springs. Eventually, fulfilling a lifelong imperative, Lannie commenced the complex and emotionally turbulent process of gender transition. She enjoys reading, fishing, target-shooting, cooking, doing absolutely nothing, and grilling steaks for her 102-year-old father, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk. Lannie has thus far published two novels: SHE’S MY DAD, and most recently, STAINER. Lord willin’ and the Creek don’t rise, more will follow.
Interests People who know the difference between "your"/"you're", "its"/"it's", and "lay" vs. "lie". Also reading, fishing, target-shooting, cooking, doing absolutely nothing, and grilling steaks for her 102-year-old father, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk.
Favourite Films West Side Story, The Night of the Generals, Gone With the Wind, Some Like It Hot, Days of Wine and Roses, Gigi, A Summer Place, American Graffiti, Jaws.
Favourite Music 60s, 70s, 80s rock... classical... Cajun/Zydeco... Broadway show tunes.
Favourite Books Hardcover First Editions w/Dustjacket.
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QUOTED: "Since I wrote the book four decades ago, I must confess that I cannot precisely recollect what the initial idea was. I just sat down and started scribbling (longhand, on legal yellow sheets) and eventually the novel emerged. But now that I think of it, I did nurse an admittedly puerile desire to vengefully skewer a “particular person”, as you say, and decided that the cleverest way to accomplish that would be to portray them as a thoroughly rotten character in a book."
"So I did; and no, I won’t tell you which character, but suffice it to say that nowadays my intended skeweree is rich, fulfilled, aging much better than I am, and blissfully unaware of my—or my novel’s—existence. Which, all things considered, is exactly as it should be."
Iolanthe Woulff: “I did nurse a puerile desire to vengefully skewer a ‘particular person’ and decided that the cleverest way to accomplish that would be to portray them as a rotten character in a book. So I did.”
April 12, 2018/in All About the Book, Guest Author, Interviews /by IR Staff
STAINER received a 4+ star review, making it an IndieReader Approved title.
Following find an interview with author Iolanthe Woulff.
What is the name of the book and when was it published?
The title is “STAINER: A Novel of the ‘Me’ Decade”, published on May 30th, 2017, although I finished the first draft in 1978. (In my Author’s Preface, I detail how the novel came to light after almost forty years in that famous “trunk”.)
What’s the book’s first line?
Here is the opening sentence:
“It is a poignant truth of our heedless youthful years, that the events and encounters of a single night can so alter the course of a young person’s life that it will be changed forever.”
What’s the book about? Give us the “pitch”.
Short version: “Spoiled Jewish college kid Ben Steiner goes off the rails in this lively coming-of-age tale set in 1970s New York.”
Jacket Blurb: “New York City, 1975: Decent-hearted but spoiled Jewish college kid Ben Steiner is naively possessed by an overwhelming desire to be cool. At a springtime party on the night of his twenty-first birthday, he meets two people: Rebecca Glaser, the longed-for sweet girl of his dreams, and P.T. Deighland, a beguilingly knavish wiseacre from Princeton. Seduced by Deighland’s cocksure irreverence while simultaneously succumbing to his own temptations, Ben makes a cascading series of unfortunate choices which not only threaten his budding relationship with Rebecca, but expose him to ruin at the hands of a ravishing but ruthless fashion model named Anthea Montague. Against the background of a vanished period in American history, STAINER offers a bittersweet nostalgic trip back to a less complex world, during a time of incautious excesses that, while deceptively fun and carefree, in due course forced many unwary youngsters like Benjamin Steiner to learn some necessary –albeit painful– lessons about growing up.”
What inspired you to write the book? A particular person? An event?
Since I wrote the book four decades ago, I must confess that I cannot precisely recollect what the initial idea was. I just sat down and started scribbling (longhand, on legal yellow sheets) and eventually the novel emerged. But now that I think of it, I did nurse an admittedly puerile desire to vengefully skewer a “particular person”, as you say, and decided that the cleverest way to accomplish that would be to portray them as a thoroughly rotten character in a book. So I did; and no, I won’t tell you which character, but suffice it to say that nowadays my intended skeweree is rich, fulfilled, aging much better than I am, and blissfully unaware of my –or my novel’s– existence. Which, all things considered, is exactly as it should be.
What’s the main reason someone should really read this book?
“Should” is a word I never apply to anyone but myself. My hope is that readers will be able to relate in some way to my story while finding it entertaining, plausible, funny and/or sad, and somewhat less shallow than a mud puddle (without being preachy.)
What’s the most distinctive thing about the main character?
The fact that he is distinctly ordinary. Yes, he’s an observant Jew, goes to an Ivy League college, and comes from a well-to-do background; but setting these aside, Benjamin Steiner is essentially an unremarkable young fellow. Actually, it is Ben’s uneasy dissatisfaction with his own unremarkableness that leads him to make the heedless decisions which will upend his life.
Who -real or fictional- would you say the character reminds you of?
Hard to say. When I started to write the novel, my initial notion was to model Benjamin on a boringly conventional –colorless– childhood friend of mine. But that quickly faded, and Ben’s persona eventually coalesced into a mélange of character traits drawn from many different people… including me.
If they made your book into a movie, who would you like to see play the main character(s)?
When I wrote the novel back in the late seventies, I knew precisely who I wanted: A young actor named Robbie Benson for Benjamin, and a soap opera star named Grant Aleksander for P.T. Deighland. I thought that Benson could readily convey Ben’s mix of schoolboy arrogance and naiveté, while Aleksander had exactly the right look for Deighland’s snide elitism. Of course, they are both far too old at this point, and since I’m not up on the current crop of young actors, I’m at a loss to offer any suggestions.
When did you first decide to become an author?
I don’t believe I ever did; at least, not in any conscious way. I just started writing, and eventually novels happened, which made me an “author”… I suppose. Frankly, to this day I find the title embarrassingly ostentatious. I much prefer “storyteller”.
Is this the first book you’ve written?
Yes, but as I mentioned previously, I wrote STAINER forty years ago. My first published novel was SHE’S MY DAD, which came out in 2009.
What do you do for work when you’re not writing?
Whatever I please. (Okay, that’s a bit flippant, but essentially true; I’m past retirement age.)
How much time do you generally spend on your writing?
Never enough. I’m terrible at self-discipline, and can be distracted by pretty much anything: food, television, Internet, the cat, etcetera. On the other hand, when I’m nearing the finish line of a novel, and begin to feel the denouement’s gravitational pull, I will write and write like a crazy person and become oblivious to everything else.
What’s the best and the hardest part of being an indie?
The best? That’s easy: Independence from bottomline-obsessed publishing/marketing suits who wouldn’t recognize good writing if it bit them on the hindquarters. The hardest part? See 11, above… and, holding yourself to the highest editorial standards so that whatever you produce is equal to, or better than, traditionally-published works. Anything less is an insult to the readers you’re hoping will buy your book.
What’s a great piece of advice that you can share with fellow indie authors?
With your permission, I’ll share three. First: If you own any “How-to-Write” books –and I sincerely hope you don’t– immediately throw them into the incinerator. Second: Read, read, READ! Classics, contemporary, everything. That’s how you learn to write… assuming you have the gift. (If you don’t, go become an astronaut or something.) Third: When you start a project, DON’T re-read anything you’ve written until you have amassed at least fifty pages, lest you fall into the endless-loop editing trap. (Been there, done that.)
Would you go traditional if a publisher came calling? If so, why?
Well, anyone with a lick of sense never says “never”; still, I can’t really see why I would. The days when so-called ‘traditional’ publishers were the only ones who could confer literary legitimacy are dead and gone, never to return. Naturally the industry mossbacks still cling to their antediluvian view that when it comes to publishing, ‘indie’ equates to ‘vanity’… which rather reminds me of dinosaurs gazing placidly upwards at a strange new star growing brighter by the moment.
Is there something in particular that motivates you (fame? fortune? sex?)
Uh… none of the above. But like I said earlier, I really like telling stories. When people enjoy them, that’s more than enough reward for me.
Which writer, living or dead, do you most admire?
Impossible to choose just one, so… Charles Dickens and Mark Twain.
Which book do you wish you could have written?
SWAN SONG, by Robert R. McCammon. Although I could never write one, I’m a fan of post-apocalyptic fiction, and this huge novel simply blows me away no matter how often I read it.
QUOTED: "a deft and nuanced study in contradictions, clashes, and mismatches and a stirring reminder that so often that's exactly what life is."
"a rich web of complex questions, rendered beautifully in this tale of a transgender professor."
Woulff, Iolanthe: SHE'S MY DAD
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Woulff, Iolanthe SHE'S MY DAD Outskirts Press (Indie Fiction) $30.95 11, 13 ISBN: 978-1-4327-4405-2
A debut literary novel addresses issues of identity, family, and personal history. Returning to her alma mater as a professor is a mixed bag for Nickie Farrell. Windfield College is a liberal enclave in a conservative section of northern Virginia and holds warm memories for her. But as a transgender woman, she must grapple with the fact that she presented herself as male when she attended the college. Her history becomes a more pressing issue when Cinda Vanderhart, an overzealous student reporter, violates her privacy. Nickie grants her an interview, and Cinda reveals that the professor is trans in the school paper. At the same time, Collie Skinner, a waiter in town, struggles with his grief over his mother's serious illness and her recent revelation--that his biological father was a Windfield student who seemed to disappear shortly after their affair. Matters only escalate from there, as violent bigots follow and menace Nickie; Collie and his co-worker and confidante Robin Thompson start digging into his past; Cinda investigates the abnormal heterochromatic eyes Nickie and Collie share; and they all become embroiled in a deadly threat to the entire campus and all it represents. The prose in Woulff's novel is solid, but its true strength is in giving multiple perspectives their own unique voices. Nickie communicates her uncertainty, anxiety, and pride as she deals with her trajectory and shifting relationships. Early on, she's optimistic about teaching at Windfield ("Maybe she had finally discovered her niche, her purpose in life. After everything she'd been through, wouldn't it be wonderful to be at peace with herself and the world?"). Collie's story has a resonance through his sense of loss and the difficulties of self-knowledge without fully understanding his roots. And Cinda too has sympathetic turns even as her thread demonstrates how a passion for truth can be harmful and how attitudes within LGBT communities can threaten trans people. That said, the book contains much more than a character study, and readers who enjoy a good thrill should be happy to be along for the ride even as the more emotional segments tug at the heartstrings. Ultimately, this novel is a deft and nuanced study in contradictions, clashes, and mismatches and a stirring reminder that so often that's exactly what life is. A rich web of complex questions, rendered beautifully in this tale of a transgender professor.
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"Woulff, Iolanthe: SHE'S MY DAD." Kirkus Reviews, 15 Aug. 2017. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A500364734/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=a8fc8b4d. Accessed 13 Apr. 2018.
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QUOTED: "She’s My Dad is an action packed story with a great deal of insight into the human heart. Woulff creates a cast of characters that are fascinating and cause the reader to care about what happens to them. She’s My Dad is more than just a novel, it is an experience."
Review: She’s My Dad by Iolanthe Woulff
RATING:
downloadReviewed by Erin N.
In today’s society, absolutely no one is immune to the forces of hate in the world. Terrorist attacks, hate groups, and xenophobic neighborhoods, towns, and even nations are all appalling reminders that citizens of the world live daily with fear. But, how often is the hate within ever addressed? Due to blind prejudice, it doesn’t take much for an average working American, or even a well respected financial baron, to build a bomb and “set it off like some primitive Arabian towel-head,” as evidenced in this book and the news every night.
She’s My Dad brings this terrifying hate to the forefront in a spell binding and dynamic way. The story begins in a small town in Virginia. A wealthy man disowns one of his sons because of his homosexuality, only to have that very son be his only surviving heir. In an effort to shine a light on the inherent hate within our society, that son turns his vast fortune, and even his home, into a university whose ideals are integration and acceptance. Despite his noble efforts, the small town that is the home to this university isn’t enlightened enough to deal with its existence, and the locals harbor a hatred for the institution and everything it stands for.
Flash forward. An intelligent and engaging woman returns to the university 25 years after graduation to take up the mantle of a professor. A journalism major discovers the secrets of this woman’s past; she is a transgendered woman and, through a youthful indiscretion with a married local woman, is the father of a local boy. This boy has been raised in a home of hatred and intolerance. The new professor’s appointment to the university’s staff forces the staff, the students, the town, and her own son to finally address the prejudice inherent within themselves.
She’s My Dad is an action packed story with a great deal of insight into the human heart. Woulff creates a cast of characters that are fascinating and cause the reader to care about what happens to them. She’s My Dad is more than just a novel, it is an experience.
Erin fell in love with the written word as a small child and subsequently spent most of her life happily devouring literature. She works as a freelance news, marketing, and technical writer. Erin lives just outside of Cleveland, Ohio with her husband, children, and grandchildren.
Author Bio:
Like her title character Nickie Farrell, Iolanthe Woulff is a transsexual woman. A fifty-nine-year-old Princeton-educated English major, she lives in Palm Springs, CA, where for several years she wrote a column in a local magazine about the challenges of gender transition. As the eldest child of author Herman Wouk, storytelling has always been dear to Ms. Woulff’s heart. Her hope is that besides providing a suspenseful read, SHE’S MY DAD will help to dispel some of the widespread misconceptions about transsexual people.
Please visit Iolanthe’s website for more information.
This book was provided free of any obligation by Iolanthe Woulff. No monetary or any other form of compensation was received.
QUOTED: "very unique."
"The suspense in this novel will keep you reading and the message it brings will stay with you forever."
Book review: She’s My Dad by Iolanthe Woulff (9781432743772)
JUNE 9, 2010 ~ SHARON CLAYTON
“She’s My Dad” is Ms. Woulff’s debut novel and it a very unique story about a transgender English professor, Nickie Farrell (aka Nicholas Farrington) who comes back to her alma mater, Windfield College, to teach. Little does she know that there are major events that will change her life forever. Nicholas Colin (“Collie”) Farrell hears a surprising confession from his mother that his father was a former student of Windfield College and not the evil, abusive, bigoted, low-life that she married. Ambassador Eamon Douglass is a wealthy, psychotic old man who concocts a plot to kill the people at Windfield College by setting off a dirty bomb during a large gathering.
This book is about good over evil, about faith in human beings and about self-discovery and the power of love. The characters range from evil, hateful human beings to inspiring, loving human beings. I have worked at a liberal college for many years and have seen the results of hate crimes from within the college and the community and it saddens me that people are so judgmental and close-minded that they can’t see the wonderful, diverse community in which we belong. I believe in Ms. Woulff’s characters because I have seen them with my own eyes. The suspense in this novel will keep you reading and the message it brings will stay with you forever.
Thank you to Ms. Woulff for sending me her book to review.