Meanwhile, in a death-bed confession as she succumbs to years of brutality at the hands of her disgraced cop husband, Collie's mother Luanne reveals that his birth resulted from an illicit affair she had with a long-vanished Windfield college senior named Nick Farrington. Convinced that the similarity is no coincidence, Cinda begins an investigation to discover the connection between them. And Cinda has noticed something else: both Nickie and a young townie waiter named Collie Skinner have a genetic quirk which causes their eyes to be different colors. Hoping to find peace, Nickie keeps her secret under wraps until ambitious lesbian student reporter Cinda Vanderhart outs her. When a teaching position unexpectedly becomes available, the school hires a former male graduate - now a transsexual woman named Nickie Farrell - as an assistant professor of English. Don't let it destroy you." For decades, ultra-liberal Windfield College has been a thorn in the side of Northern Virginia's hidebound elite. They are memorable and distinct, right from the start, and none of them exit the story quite how the entered it. They are written so well, with real personalities full of good & bad qualities. If I was judging it on the main characters alone, it would absolutely warrant a full 9. 1) Iolanthe Woulff - She's My Dad (Outskirts Press)
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