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Idaho Code by Joan Opyr

Description: Everyone knows that Idaho is full of crackpots.  The big secret is that not all of them belong to right-wing militias.  Some are lesbian separatists, some are ex-hippies, and some are members of Wilhelmina “Bil” Hardy’s immediate family.

Burned by a love affair gone wrong, Bil has left college in Seattle and moved back home to Cowslip, population 23,000.  It ought to be the perfect place to lick her wounds, recover her bearings, and begin to make a plan for the future.  

Unfortunately, Bil's terminally ill brother has embarked on a petty crime spree, Cowslip has become ground zero in the battle over an anti-gay initiative, and it looks as if Bil's mother might have been involved in a long ago murder.  

Can Bil help her brother, fight oppression, and clear her mother's good name when what she really wants is a date with the murder victim’s daughter?  

Idaho Code is a funny book about love, family, and the freedom you can find in a state that values individuality more than common sense.

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