RaveLos Angeles Review of Books\"...brilliantly interweaves Carson’s personal history with Shapland’s own ... The question that propels Shapland’s book is not whether or not Carson was a lesbian; she’s not trying to prove, exactly. What she’s trying to do is see herself in history, show herself (and us) that Carson and other queer people have always lived, always loved, always made community for themselves ... At its core, Shapland’s book is about gaps—in stories, in language, in history, in ourselves—and how we attempt to fill them ... She is a diligent, perceptive, and heartful researcher. Following along with Shapland-as-detective is a delight, and the mystery she sets out to solve is one of those wicked unsolvables: how do we account for the apertures in language, history, and identity?\
