Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I finished Stacey Abrams' romance novel, "Never Tell" and it was a fun read. She manages a mystery with a romance where the woman retains her dignity and the man is way too good to be true. It has a subplot of abuse that is detailed enough that readers can learn something about domenstic violence, grooming, and the abuse of power. Plus, it's set in New Orleans, at a university. I like that she is not uncomfortable about her romance authorship, and to me it makes her even more human. Like most of us women, she has delved into this genre. I used to read them when I had two toddlers and the bookmobile would stop at married student housing. And let's face it, "Jane Eyre", "Rebecca", the Jane Austen novels, and many other books I read as a teen were for me at the time aobut the romance. Romances teach other things as well: how to stand up for yourself as a woman, to hold out for the guy who is worthy of you, not the slick talker. They promise that if you hold yourself high, so will your partner. I don't know if her romance books will help or hurt her in her quest for Governor, but for me it says she's one of us, and is not afraid to be herself in all her complexity.