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Paperback: 214 pages
Publisher: Rising Tide Press (NY) (January 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1883061159
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
"Sexy, passionate, and humorous, the book is a great 'fast read'."
- Linda Wong, Sojourner
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Book Jacket Description
Fiction
From the moment writer Jenny Ceretti spots Susan Fredrickson at the Village Coffeehouse, her serene life begins to change. As their friendship explodes into a tempestuous love affair, Jenny discovers that all is not as it appears.
While Susan is haunted by a terrifying past, Jenny comes face-to-face with past ghosts that no longer will stay hidden.
Sweet Bitter Love explores a relationship that walks the fine line between compassion and codependence.
From the inside cover:
Susan reached out and wiped the tears from my cheek. She lay beside me and held me. "It's a long time since I've been with a woman," she whispered.
I was stunned! She had never mentioned a woman lover before. My mind raced with a million questions I wanted to ask, "Who? When? Where?..." but my body took over. Ask those questions now and this moment is gone, it reminded me.
I looked at her and said, " It'll come back to you. It's like riding a bike." We laughed wildly.
What People Are Saying About
Sweet Bitter Love...
...Schiano captures the passion, pain and fragility of modern day romantic relationships...Readers will cycle through feelings of joy, bitterness, excitement and anger as they learn how and why the relationship unfolds as it does...Schiano presents this dramatic tale of love, pain and soul-searching in clear, easy-to-read prose with an energizing style that dares the reader to set the book down. Highly recommended!
- Susan Phelps, author A Lady Without a Latitude
Schiano serves up passion, courage, and clear-eyed honesty in this dramatic debut novel. A roller-coaster romance which vividly captures the rhythm and feel of love's sometimes rocky ride.
- Womankind Books, New York
The reader sees the relationship from Jenny's point of view, from her beginning fascination with Susan, through to the end. It is an interesting look into the highs and lows of life with an alcoholic...This is not an easy subject ...It is, however, a situation common to many. Schiano has opened the door to an important subject that few want to discuss.
- R. Lynne Watson, Mega Scene, Palm Springs, Vol. #14
This is a debut novel by Rita Schiano - passionate, courageous and dramatic. Definitely a name to remember. When's the next book out?
- ScotsGay Magazine, Scotland
Notice: This title was originally published by Rising Tide Press in 1997 and bears its ISBN. In 2003, the author regained exclusive ownership of all rights to the work. The Reed Edwards Company distributes the book on behalf of the author.
