Straight Down the Middle edition by Margaret Davis Health Fitness Dieting eBooks
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A young mother seeks to reconcile the needs of her female partner, her baby and her baby's biological father.
Straight Down the Middle edition by Margaret Davis Health Fitness Dieting eBooks
In her first novel, Margaret Davis has provided us with an "Entwicklungsroman," a compelling, complex narrative focused on the central character Diane's evolving personality and discernment of her true sexuality. Carefully sketched supporting characters are engaging in themselves, especially as they interact with Diane, sometimes in unexpected ways.The novel is set in one of the monotone outer residential neighborhoods of San Francisco and in Marin County, across the Golden Gate Bridge. One can almost feel and smell the fog; this reader could even imagine hearing the mournful fog horns of yesteryear.
The Davis prose is fluid and rhythmic. Dialogue flows naturally. The unfolding story makes turning pages easy, although at many points, because of the controversial issues that are presented, the novel elicits thought and contemplation.
"Straight Down the Middle" made this reader ask, "When will there be another story by the same author?"
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Straight Down the Middle edition by Margaret Davis Health Fitness Dieting eBooks Reviews
I read Straight Down the Middle in two days, and enjoyed it. It is a sweet love story.
Although the story tackles the serious topic of a young woman torn between her loyalty toward her partner and her perceived duty toward her baby, it is told in an entertaining way.
You only have to read the first paragraph of "Straight Down the Middle," and you're hooked when the "Neanderthal" neighbor asks "So which one of you wants to get pregnant?" "Diane," wants to conceive a child, but this complicates issues on all fronts of her lesbian partnership. She takes the reader with her down winding paths of love, loyalty and scorn, and by the end you know and care about her and all the lives she touches. This one has heart.
A lesbian couple,to complete their beautiful union, decide they should have a baby. Enter macho male! On the agreement he is to disappear,never to be seen again, once the job is complete. And the more likely--homemaker of the two--gives birth to baby boy. Who much resembles macho father, a rather decent Joe. The agreement? Read on...
Thoroughly enjoyable...humorous and heart-wrenchingly human, Straight Down the Middle is a wonderful way to spend a day.
(Winifred McCaffrey, author of Gule Wamkulu-The Big Dance and (ed.) Journal of an Experimental Animal.)
Straight Down the Middle travels a culturally defined line that separates two sides of love and family.The barrier falls away with a child, maturity, and open minds and hearts.
Margaret Davis writes a compelling story with characters struggling with the universal themes of identity, measures of success, and the complexity of love.
I recommend this fine gift to any reader who appreciates a good story, a complex situation, and a heroic approach to the resolution of what has heart and meaning in life.
This book is a winner!
Although set in the 1980s, Margaret Davis story resonates today. She is amazingly adept at describing the day-to-day lives of lesbian couple Diane and Cindy. After the birth of the child they both wanted, we watch as their relationship comes unhinged. This is a moving tale about choices, changing roles, looking back and moving forward.
STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, debut novel by Margaret Davis, had me laughing out loud. Protagonist Diane wants a baby. Her journey to pregnancy and motherhood includes two collaborators--Cindy, her partner of five years, and Sam, the unlikely candidate who wants to father her child. Told with poignancy and humor, this is a contemporary tale of a woman's hopes, sacrifices, and triumphs. Brava! [...] has author's bio.
In her first novel, Margaret Davis has provided us with an "Entwicklungsroman," a compelling, complex narrative focused on the central character Diane's evolving personality and discernment of her true sexuality. Carefully sketched supporting characters are engaging in themselves, especially as they interact with Diane, sometimes in unexpected ways.
The novel is set in one of the monotone outer residential neighborhoods of San Francisco and in Marin County, across the Golden Gate Bridge. One can almost feel and smell the fog; this reader could even imagine hearing the mournful fog horns of yesteryear.
The Davis prose is fluid and rhythmic. Dialogue flows naturally. The unfolding story makes turning pages easy, although at many points, because of the controversial issues that are presented, the novel elicits thought and contemplation.
"Straight Down the Middle" made this reader ask, "When will there be another story by the same author?"
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