Amory Walker is nineteen years old. Tormented by a recurring nightmare that haunts her waking life, she has existed in a state of paralysis since the death of Jessie, the devoutly religious woman who raised her. Amory ?s only legacy is a house ? hers ?to sell, trade, or burn to the ground. ? And there is a photo album, tantalizing in its hints of a past hidden from Amory, a past buried along with Jessie in her snow-covered grave. Amory sells the house and escapes her stagnant t home town of Sterling, West Virginia for collet ? only to find a reality of her recurring nightmare exposed to the brutal light of day in a women ?s studies class. And she is panicked by her attraction to the brash, confident, openly lesbian Cady Baird. The, unexpectedly, the entire riddle of Jessie ? and of Amory ?s past and present ? opens before Amory ?s astonished eyes. The Finer Grain marks the impressive debut of a significant new voice in lesbian literature. Denise Ohio, gifted author of this striking highly contemporary novel, is only twenty-five years old. She promises to be an exciting chronicler of lesbian life in the 1980s and beyond