Cimorene

I agree with your "strange descriptor" remark. I'm not sure what was up with the artist friend, and I've since lost contact with her, so I guess that's enough said about that.

I found the books I mentioned in my public library, way back when I was still in high school. They helped confirm to my tender young brain that I wasn't imagining things, or at least that I wasn't the only one getting that "queer vibe."