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My second #TransRightsReadathon book was Women's Hotel by Daniel Lavery. I immediately felt right at home, because though set in 1960s Manhattan, it reminded me so much of the sort of classic British books #FurrowedMiddlebrow reprints -- which I later learned was quite deliberate. https://mainstreetmag.com/a-conversation-with-daniel-m-lavery/ I thought it somewhat lacking in plot and through line -- which can be an issue for me with those books as well. Perhaps Lavery found the perfect way to play to his strengths and weaknesses as a writer, by being somewhat out of time. My favorite part of the book was the depiction of early AA and one character's journey with alcoholism. @bookstodon #LBGTQBooks #HistoricalFiction