From the Bookshelf of Queereaders…

[close] The lesbian characters in Rose's Will are together for 11 years. Glory is past the girl meets girl stage and intent on persuading her mother to accept her openly gay daughter. It's a battle of the wills that nobody can win and it explores the dynamics of family relationships in which "don't ask, don't tell" is not just a military alternative.

This book is ground-breaking in that the lesbian is openly gay while her straight, people-pleasing brother, Ricky spends his life in a closet of his own making.