Mum by Janet Maxwell
Janet Maxwell | Mum | The last thing Jesse ever wanted was to be a mother. She ended up raising her sister, their grandchildren, and an adopted daughter.
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Letting in the Night by Joan Lindau
Joan Lindau | Letting in the Night | From Publishers Weekly
The use of a journal as framework for narrative is a faulty strategy in this novel about two women confronting their ambiva
Thirteen by Eva Jones
Eva Jones | Thirteen | `English Evalore is thirteen years old, a pain to her teachers, a pain to her parents, a pain to her psychiatrist, and a pain to listen to – this nove
Amnesty by Louise A. Blum
Louise A. Blum | Amnesty | From Publishers Weekly
This uneven first novel, about a young woman prompted by the death of her father to excavate a miserable childhood, fails t
Kinflicks by Lisa Alther
Lisa Alther | Kinflicks | Lisa Alther reels through the ups and downs of Ginny Babcock’s coming of age in Hullsport, Tennessee, during the ’50s and ’60s. Ginny bounces from one
People In Trouble by Sarah Schulman
Sarah Schulman | People In Trouble | From Publishers Weekly
Kate, involved in a love triangle with her husband and her lesbian lover, works as an artist and AIDS activist in New York
Catching Saradove by Bertha Harris
Bertha Harris | Catching Saradove | KIRKUS REVIEW
A tangled, frenetic but courageous first novel which has to do with a young woman’s search for the self that proceeds from sexu
Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith
Lillian Smith | Strange Fruit | One of the very earliest paperback Lesbian novels published in America. Also one of the earliest Signet books, whose numbering started at 660. Wonderf
Original Sins by Lisa Alther
Lisa Alther | Original Sins | They call themselves ‘The Five’ — Sally and Emily Prince and Jed, Raymond, and Donny Tatro. Convinced they are special, they spend their Tennessee ch
The Law Of Return by Alice Bloch
Alice Bloch | The Law Of Return | The powerful and emotional journey of an American Jewish woman towards both sexual and cultural self-discovery and self-acceptance.