Shy Girl

I read the autobiography of Justice Stevens, well timed so to speak given his death, but couldn't get into some other books. Did re-read this book, which I read years back (Fall 2000). The next one is even more ancient history. Anyway, a young lesbian comes back "home" to deal with her first love's mother's sudden illness and faces her past etc. It already is a short book (200 or so pages) and think it could have been shorter (like a novella though last fifty or so pages went quickly). First book. Seems like it could have been edited down, like it rambled or such. But, it was a good read overall. She's still around.

ETA: How Could You Do It, Diane is a young adult fiction regarding a teenage girl and her family dealing with the suicide of her stepsister. I first read it as a teenager (if older than her) but re-reading it now, it was still good. This review says ages 10-14, but the character (by the end) is 15 or so. So, why so young?