Download or read book The Ada Decades written by Paula Martinac and published by Bywater Books. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over seven decades, Librarian, Ada Shook, is witness to the racism laced through her Southern city; the paradox of religion as both comfort and torment; and the survival networks created by gay people. Eleven interconnected stories cover the sweep of one woman’s personal history as she reaches her own form of Southern womanhood—compassionate, resilient, principled, lesbian.