Rings of Glass by Luise Rinser
Luise Rinser | Rings of Glass | Rinser started writing while teaching grade school; her first book, ”Rings of Glass,” a coming-of-age novel, was published in Berlin in 1941. It was
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Charleyhorse by Cecil Dawkins
Cecil Dawkins | Charleyhorse | Charley was born wanting things she wasn’t supposed to want: horses, spring calving, flying planes, and driving combine harvesters. When Juna, a new s
Walking the Dusk by L.J. Webb
L.J. Webb | Walking the Dusk | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney gave vent to her chaotic emotions and turbulent desires in millions of words: in journals and diaries that chronicled he
Entertaining The Islanders by Struthers Burt
Struthers Burt | Entertaining The Islanders | Sophisticated, satirical, novel in which a man becomes aware that his ex-sweetheart has been captivated by another woman
The Rains Came by Louis Bromfield
Louis Bromfield | The Rains Came | In a long novel of India there is a brief but important episode involving two old missionary ladies. The elder, an engaging old battleax, muses as she
I Believe in Angels by Fiona Cooper
Fiona Cooper | I Believe in Angels | ‘In this dazzling collection of short stories, Fiona Cooper turns her witty gaze on a kaleidoscopic mix of characters. Here are wronged lovers and pas
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
Radclyffe Hall | The Well of Loneliness | First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disguised story of Hall’s own life, it was banned outrig
Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon
Elana Dykewomon | Beyond the Pale | Elana Dykewomon’s Lambda Award-winning novel Beyond the Pale announces itself to the world with an infant’s scream–‘a new voice, a tiny shofar
All the Pretty Girls by Chandra Mayor
Chandra Mayor | All the Pretty Girls | In each of these short stories, set against a finely-crafted backdrop of poverty and violence, abuse and hope, Chandra Mayor provides a glimpse into t
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
Miranda July | The First Bad Man | ‘Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat. She is haunted by a baby boy she met when she