Triad Moon

Janet Money, formerly the sports editor of the Woodstock Daily
Sentinel-Review, is a freelance writer and editor in London, Ontario.

If the idea of a New Age lesbian love triangle sounds wacky, and if you
have difficulty taking crystals and reincarnation seriously, you’ll
have trouble getting through this novel without snickering. However,
Triad Moon raises interesting questions about relationships and healing
powers.

Unhappily married Lila rents a room in her house to Brook, who becomes
romantically involved with Lila’s best friend, Helen. Brook and Lila
are also fascinated with each other, and as the plot thickens they
realize that the three of them were involved during a past life.
Lila’s marriage breakdown and cancer diagnosis bring things to a head,
forcing all three to consider new possibilities in life and love.

The earnest tone makes the novel vulnerable to ridicule, but Chase
raises possibilities that most of us suspect could be true: people
having complementary dreams, past lives in common, and so forth. The
occasional trite line (“her amber eyes like x-rays into Lila’s
heart”) works against the author’s wish to be taken seriously.

Nevertheless, there are few lesbian novels in Canada that dare delve
into Wiccan religion or ménages а trois. Chase does both in this
commendable first novel.