this was okay but patience's second part was so different from her first that it was jarring. ik her voice was probably made to be different bc she'd started teaching, but it still didn't make a lot of sense. the writing was very tender in some places tho. v quotable lmfao. don't regret reading this bc of that and because of the general historical significance but. 
i guess i might as well put a part i highlighted here:
"I began to wonder if what made men walk so lordlike and speak so masterfully is having the love of women. If that was it, Sarah and I would make lords of each other."
also i think it's SO funny that this novel like partially came into being because the author and her wife like felt them through a ouija board. like that's such a lesbian way to get inspiration for a book LMFAOO