The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue | The Pull of the Stars | In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, in ‘Donoghue’s best nov
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The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue | The Pull of the Stars | From the international bestselling author of Room. In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospita
All Adults Here by Emma Straub
Emma Straub | All Adults Here | A warm, funny and keenly perceptive novel about the lifecycle of one family — as the kids become parents, grandchildren become teenagers, and a matri
Passing by Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen | Passing | Generally regarded as Nella Larsen’s best work, Passing was first published in 1929 but has received a lot of renewed attention because of its close e
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf | Mrs. Dalloway | ‘Fear no more the heat of the sun.’ Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf’s fourth novel, offers the reader an impression of a single June day in London in 192
More Women Than Men by Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett | More Women Than Men | More Women Than Men takes place in a girls’ school, although the students are rather secondary (none of the girls say anything in the novel). It is th
The Pure And the Impure by Colette
Colette | The Pure And the Impure | Colette herself considered The Pure and the Impure her best book, ‘the nearest I shall ever come to writing an autobiography.’ This guided tour of the
The Devil’s Blade by Mark Alder
Mark Alder | The Devil’s Blade | The story of Julie D’Aubigny is well known. Her tumultuous childhood, her powerful lovers, her celebrated voice. Connected to most of the nobility of
Unwrap These Presents by Astrid Ohletz; R.G. Emanuelle
Astrid Ohletz; R.G. Emanuelle | Unwrap These Presents | Twenty-three authors of lesbian fiction contributed holiday stories that give you snow, presents, plenty of food, Holiday cheer and nicely wrapped cur
Exquisite Mariposa by Fiona Alison Duncan
Fiona Alison Duncan | Exquisite Mariposa | An unapologetically raw account of coming of age broke in Trump-era Los Angeles in the social media-saturated Now, this meditation (almost manifesto?)