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For Sylvia by Valentine Ackland

Valentine Ackland | For Sylvia | In this soul-searching ‘record of blundering from shame to shame,’ Ackland (19061969), a shy, sensitive English poet and dealer in antiques, writes of

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Religion & Spirituality

Saving Alex by Alex Cooper

Alex Cooper | Saving Alex | When Alex Cooper was fifteen years old, life was pretty ordinary in her sleepy suburban town and nice Mormon family. At church and at home, Alex was t

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Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs by Cheryl Peck

Cheryl Peck | Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs | A gay Erma Bombeck meets A Girl Named Zippy in this delightful debut about the misadventures of a woman of size. Cheryl Peck has stories to tell-about

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k. d. lang by Rose Collis

Rose Collis | k. d. lang | ‘Rose Collis’s book on singer kd lang was the first in a new series called ‘Outlines’ published by Absolute Press. The series aims to explore the way

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Just Take Your Frock Off by Barbara Bell

Barbara Bell | Just Take Your Frock Off | The daughter of a mill worker in Lancashire, Barbara Bell had her lesbian ‘initiation’ the year after Radclyffe Hall’s The Well Of Loneliness (1928).

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For Sylvia by Valentine Ackland

Valentine Ackland | For Sylvia | Valentine Ackland, writer and poet, was for 40 years the closest companion of Sylvia Townsend Warner, for whom she wrote this autobiographical essay.

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Women Like Us by Suzanne Neild; Rosalind Pearson

Suzanne Neild; Rosalind Pearson | Women Like Us | Nineteen first-hand accounts of the lives, loves and relationships of lesbian women from a variety of backgrounds, including landmarks in lesbian hist

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Autumn Changes Part Four by Red Jordan Arobateau

Red Jordan Arobateau | Autumn Changes Part Four | This volume is almost at the end of The Work, which is sold in 5 separate parts or in its entirety. Typewritten in the authors original font and not s

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Nancy Mitford by Harold Acton

Harold Acton | Nancy Mitford | Nancy Mitford was the eldest and most famous of the Mitfords. A relentless tease, she wrote subtle but wildly satirical novels such as Love in a Cold

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Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King

Florence King | Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady | Confessions Of A Failed Southern Lady. When Florence King was born, her Granny, a would-be Virginia grande dame, moved in. Anybody could have a family