It was popular enough to be reissued in hard cover by a mainstream publishing house in 1972 as Patience And Sarah. It is a very sweet little tale based on a true story in which two women moved out to the frontier of western New York, with one passing as a man so they could live and love together.
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A lesbian novel about two women in 1816 living together in Connecticut's Housatonic Valley. Based on the life of American folk artist, Mary Ann Wilson. This is the original self-published edition sold by Routsong outside meetings of the New York chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis.
Details
| Copyright Date | 1969 |
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| Publication Date | 1969 |
| Publisher | Bleecker Street Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 185 |
| Language | English |
| Notes | A hardcover version later published by McGraw-Hill under the title *Patience and Sarah* won the first Gay Book Award by the American Librarians Association in 1971. First published by the author, whose reputation as a novelist was already established under her own name, this excellent novel made the impossible journey from vanity publication to hardcover publication and cult status as a major Lesbian novel. |
| Rating | Great |
| Genre | Award Winner; Historical Fiction |