Sarah Waters, Affinity (1999): This historical novel is about a depressed young woman in turn-of-the-century England. She is depressed because she had been having a lesbian affair with a friend, who decided to cut off their relations and marry a man.
In Sarah Waters' 1999 novel "Affinity," a depressed young woman from turn-of-the-century England is depicted as having had a lesbian affair with her friend, which led to the end of their relationship and the friend's marriage to another person.