The Wish List

Maggie...will never forget the day that her best friend, Celia, told her she was in love with another woman. Shocked and confused, Maggie fled from their friendship, married Celia's castoff fiancé, bore his child, and buried herself in a model suburban life. Celia...always a rebel and a bridge burner, left everything she knew to live openly as a lesbian. Content, but never truly happy, she's watched a string of relationships evolve from serial monogamy to serious monotony. Now running a lesbian art colony in Arizona, she's involved in a passionate, but empty, relationship with a beautiful - and very jealous - younger woman. For twenty years, Maggie has kept her true feelings for Celia a secret - even from herself. Newly widowed, she is finally free to acknowledge the unspoken wishes of her heart. The lesbian apprentices on Celia's ranch are more than willing to play matchmaker, but finishing what was never begun may take more trust and courage than either Maggie or Celia can give. First Edition by Naiad Press 1996