A String of Days by Barbara Lynn Murphy (2023 Lesfic Bard Award winner in Fiction for When It's True). When her research-seeking niece asks Debra Jordan to help her with insight into the romantic life of a lesbian, Debra shares her journey, from the passion of first love to the heartbreak of loss, sparing no details as she recounts the highs and lows of a life well-lived. Debra weaves through the stories of the women she's loved and sometimes lost. Along the way, she learns that giving up on love is not an option because happily ever after isn't just reserved for fairy tales.