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Feminist, vegan foodie, educator and activist, Jackie has had seven decades of fabulous adventures and travel. Her biggest activist accomplishment was helping to win same-sex marriage in MA, which – to her amazement – led to marriage equality in the US and worldwide. She is equally proud of achieving her literary dream, that of publishing her novel, Harvest Dreams. Jackie lives full time on Cape Cod with her beloved wife, Valerie, and more books than she has time to read.
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Harvest Dreams Blurb:
Walking through the luscious Napa harvest in the fall of 1982, agricultural student Kate Bauer is inspired to grow grapes, and charismatic business major Sydney Barrett might just be the perfect person to make that dream come true. If only Kate knew what to do with her unexpected attraction to Sydney.
On the threshold of the AIDS pandemic, Kate is appalled by her father’s homophobia toward her closeted uncle, Louie. When Uncle Louie dies, he leaves his potato farm on Long Island to Kate. Soon Kate and Sydney are planting thousands of baby vines, even as the unspoken desire between them grows.
As the vineyard thrives, Sydney caves to family pressure and heads to Paris for a once in-a-lifetime banking apprenticeship, leaving Kate to struggle with the feelings for Sydney that never wane. Their possibility for a shared harvest grows faint until Sydney returns, and a threat to the vineyard and their dreams forces them to confront their unresolved feelings.
More about Jackie
Q. What publisher are you with?
A. Bold Strokes Books
Q. What Genres do you write?
A. Romance, Historical Fiction, Lesbian fiction
Q. What made you join the sapphic lit pop up bookstore?
A. Irresistible group of fun and amazing authors
Q. What was your first pop-up event?
A. Rehoboth Beach Women’s FEST, 2024!
Q. What made you start writing?
A. Reading has forever been a love and a lifeline. I wanted to find out how authors wrote these incredible stories. I knew if I wrote one of my own I would find out.
Q. Describe the area where you do most of your writing.
A. At my desk at home on the Cape.
Q. What do you wish more readers knew about the writing/publishing process?
A. It is one of the hardest and most rewarding experiences of my life. I took a lot of writing classes and had a lot of generous help along the way. My advice: keep at it: perseverance and the desire to write a good story are the keys.
Q. Who is your favorite sapphic icon (literary or not)?
A. Too many to choose. My sapphic sisters have been my role models since I was a kid.
Q. You’re in charge of hosting a brunch for a dozen people, what’s on the menu (assuming money is no object)?
A. I am a foodie but I don’t cook for crowds. I would probably go crazy and buy from one of my favorite local places. There would of course, be plenty of bubbly, wine and other beverages.
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