Poppy's Progress

Annotation Middle-aged Poppy Sinclair enjoys an ordinary, quiet life with her partner on New Zealand's north coast when unexpected changes challenge her happiness in this evocative tale about the boundaries of friendship. This lesbian romance illustrates how turning 50 can be a time of reassessment, unpredictable adventures, and new relationships. Poppy Sinclair is approaching fifty, and mostly loves her life, teaching young children in her Auckland house, intimately connected to family and friends. Things did not turn out as she had hoped with Kate and her life now seems a far cry from the ideals of feminism she had in her early twenties. When a surprise visitor arrives to stay, Poppy is offered an unexpected opportunity, with its own complications Poppy Sinclair is approaching fifty and mostly loves her life, teaching young children, living in her Auckland house, intimately connected to family and friends. But things have not turned out as she expected as a young feminist in the 1970s. The story of a woman coming to terms with loss and discovering life can still surprise Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 7 1......Page 9 2......Page 22 3......Page 38 4......Page 51 5......Page 59 6......Page 64 7......Page 77 8......Page 90 9......Page 104 10......Page 121 11......Page 132 12......Page 149 13......Page 164 14......Page 174 Poppy looked down at the papers on her desk, hoping to conceal a yawn.