Deliver Us From Evie

Evie refuses to match her mother's version of femininity, continuing to play a key part in running the family farm. When she falls in love with a girl, she forces family and community (as well as the reader) to square their sense of her as a person with their views on lesbianism. Narrated through her brother's eyes, this has the feel of a larger novel, a larger slice of life, told with a light touch, yet creating the density of people's lives without simplifying and cheapening. It's a splendid example of what fiction can do, and the insight and understanding it can bring.