The Hide and Seek Files

by Caeia March

Book by March, Caeia

Genres: Fiction, Lesbian

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Caeia's inspiration as a writer is imbued with her love of nature...

The powerful hidden forces that bind the planet and us together, and the seasonal cycles that have shaped all our lives, choices and actions.

Caeia’s home is just a few short miles from Haworth, home of the Brontё family. The spectacular countryside, vast sky views and reservoirs high up in the hills constantly call forth pleasure and poetry, as do her three small grand-daughters and two loving sons.

Born in the Isle of Man in 1946, Caeia's roots are firmly Celtic. As a writer she's known for her enjoyment of the myths and legends of the ancient world and her desire to explore and illuminate them through her contemporary characters' everyday lives, struggles, joys and successes.

Congruent with her love of nature; she is a passionate gardener, tree-planter, re-cycler and conservationist. Recently recovered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Caeia has bounced back into the literary world after several years’ absence with her latest ground breaking novel Letters to Charlotte

Reviews

[electricvehicle · Rating 5 out of 5]

The cover on goodreads does not do this book justice! Favorite book ever, covers the story of lesbians across three different generations in England. Will always recommend this book to people looking for lesbian-specific novels

[becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 🌟 but rounded up to 4

for some reason took me a lot longer than it usually would to read, but such a beautiful story and such an interesting and touching insight into the experiences of lesbians throughout several generations

[Jen Silver · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a classic - a slice of history - embracing four generations of women. I first read this well over twenty years ago when I still lived in London. Reading it now that I'm living in the North and am familiar with the landscape and cultures of Manchester and the coal mining communities in Yorkshire, I found it very moving and realistic. It was interesting that the two main characters, born at the start of the twentieth century, lived with a constant fear of being discovered and one of them lives in the guise of a man for most of her life…and then their great grand-daughter fears coming out to her much loved great grandparents because she doesn't know that they're both lesbians.

[Hol]

I picked up this novel secondhand because I was intrigued that it features, among other characters, a woman passing as a man in a Welsh mining town between the wars. The author's rendering of this community felt so real to me that I very cheerfully forgave her for the book's general shortcomings.