Higher Ground

by Saxon Bennett

Best-selling author Saxon Bennett is back with this delightfully complex reflection of the successful, high society lives of a small group of women in Arizona.
Vida... The fashion model who is in it for the money and can’t understand why others are offended by her profession…
Kirsten... The woman who loves Vida but can’t see past the way her lover makes her living...
Edie... The brilliant woman with more lovers than anyone can count...
Laura... Who doesn’t want to be just another conquest to Edie...
Bia and Juliette... Who share a secret and understanding that no one seems to understand...

Genres: Lesbian, LGBT, Lesbian Fiction, Fiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2004

About the author

Saxon Bennett is an admitted bibliophile and has the bookcases to prove it. Her favorite book is Harriet the Spy. She grew up among the pine trees of Washington where she learned to be a Keeper of Odd Knowledge with a special liking for new words - the queerer the better. She has a penchant for inspirational quotes - the more motivational the better. A serious aficionado of pie, she also drinks a lot of coffee and tea - especially when she’s writing, which she does every day. Saxon is a parent and a wife—two things she never thought she’d be - and she writes blogs about her family in the style of Erma Bombeck. In her next life she wants to be a professional snowboarder. She likes to grow flowers and tend to her pond. Jelly beans, gummy bears and licorice are her favorite candies. An avid walker with a goal to walk every street in her small town, she hits the pavement each morning. To keep herself limber, she does beginner yoga. She’d like to learn to meditate but her mind is as restless as a squirrel trapped in a box. As an amateur seamstress, she is endlessly trying to create the perfect butch purse. Her favorite quote is “Man plans, God laughs.” Saxon is the author of fifteen novels. Her book Family Affair won the Goldie for General Fiction in 2009. She won the Alice B. Reader Award for her body of work in 2012. Her second book in the Family Affair trilogy entitled Marching to a Different Accordion won a Golden Crown Literary Award for general fiction in 2012. Her book In the Unlikely Event is the final book in the Family Affair trilogy. All her books are available at Amazon and Bella Books in both print and electronic format. She has also written two books with her partner Layce Gardner and they are More than a Kiss and Crazy Little thing. Check them out on Amazon.

Reviews

[Jenna Gravitt · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF

[Morgan · Rating 1 out of 5]

How is it that this book has nearly four stars? The majority of readers actually rated this "I really liked it". What other books are these people reading as a comparison!? You know what I really liked? When I finally finished this book and stopped putting myself through the pain of reading it. It was literally painful. I could find no redeeming quality in either the writing or the story. The characters weren't relatable, there was absolutely nothing in the way of a character arc for anyone, and dialogue/actions were just laughably poor. I think what the author was trying to do is show two (fairly awful) people working through and failing at relationships on their way towards meeting each other...and being awful people together. Actually, what this book reminded me of were those absolutely terrible and "artsy" lesbian movies of the early/mid 90s, where none of the characters were likable, groups of lesbians moved in giant packs and spend most their lives drinking, and when not drinking the pack sleeps with one another. It's like the book version of Bar Girls, Go Fish, or Everything Relative.