\u003cdiv\u003eOver seven decades, Librarian, Ada Shook, is witness to the racism laced through her Southern city; the paradox of religion as both comfort and torment; and the survival networks created by gay people. Eleven interconnected stories cover the sweep of one woman\u0026#8217;s personal history as she reaches her own form of Southern womanhood\u0026#151;compassionate, resilient, principled, lesbian.\u003c/div\u003e