Education of Ellie

by Jackie Calhoun

Returning home to Pine Hill to attend her mother's funeral Ellie sees her childhood friend Helen for the first time in thirty years. A lot has happened in thirty years. Both women are divorced with grown children and careers that satisfy them.

When Ellie stays on in Pine Hill to settle her mother's estate, Helen jumps at a chance to resume their long lost friendship, and Ellie, despite reservations, can't resist.

But with the years come a lot of baggage and the two women struggle with who they are now while fighting the painful memories of their first parting.

Will they be able to move past their history to start again?

Genres: Lesbian, Lesbian Fiction, Fiction

227 pages, Paperback

First published April 23, 2007

About the author

Jackie Calhoun is the author of twenty-seven novels. She lives with her partner in Northeast Wisconsin. Write to her at Jackie@​jac​kiec​alho​un.​com and/or friend her on Facebook.

Reviews

[Sandy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this book about older women defining their sexuality but I had a hard time liking either of the main characters. Most of the book is in flashback form with Ellie and Helen and their pre-teen/teen years and what happened to them in small town America. The reconnect after the death of Ellie's mother. There is suspected child abuse/incest, there is the fumbling of youth relationships, bad boys and unhappiness. Then there is verbal domestic violence and there is lots of angst. Just an unhappy book and story even if they finally figure out what their relationship should and could be. I'll give the author another try in an additional book just to ensure its not the writing or just the subjects.

[Mariah · Rating 2 out of 5]

it had some darker moments I wasnt expecting.
so beware of that.

[Blu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Warning: child abuse triggers aplenty!

[Dide · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a mature age book, a flip from childhood to adulthood and vice versa. The author's plots were also thought provoking and the ending unusual (never leading you to happily ever after but also inciting hope)