A review by dreamofbookspines
Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write about Leaving Men for Women by Laura André, Candace Walsh

3.0

Many of the stories are the same, just told in different voices. While it's not surprising (what else would one expect from a theme anthology really?), it doesn't make for very good reading if you try to just sit down and read it straight (gayly?) through. It's nice to read about women who come out later in life, because it makes me feel less guilty about being a "bad" lesbian (i.e. dating guys because I was too scared of girls until last year). I recommended this to a friend years ago, because she was going through exactly the same situation: had been happily married to a man, then discovered she was more suited to being a lesbian. I don't know what she thought of the book--we don't talk much, sadly, though I love her dearly--but I imagine that if I were going through a similar situation, I'd find it immensely reassuring.