Sweet by Julie Burchill
Julie Burchill | Sweet | ”Some people tread water all their lives. Not me – I’m gonna make a big splash.” Maria Sweet, aka Sugar, is back. Her husband’s done a runner taking
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Parker & Hulme by Julie Glamuzina; Alison J. Laurie
Julie Glamuzina; Alison J. Laurie | Parker & Hulme | The movie Heavenly Creatures was based on New Zealand’s notorious 1954 murder case in which two teenage girls, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, killed
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Starring Sissy Hanshaw–flawlessly beautiful, almost. A small-town girl with big-time dreams and a quirk to match–hitchhiking her way into your heart
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing by May Sarton
May Sarton | Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing | Hilary Stevens is an aging writer asked to recount her poetic inspirations, and we are taken along on this journey of rediscovery. Both subtle and int
The Animal by Holly Nefesh
Holly Nefesh | The Animal | Adapted from the original R.L.F. Enterprises motion picture of the same name. Original story by Felix Lomax.
Island at the End of the World by Henri Crouzat
Henri Crouzat | Island at the End of the World | Shipwrecked when their hospital ship is torpedoed, a young officer of the French Air Force and three English nurses find themselves marooned on a tiny
My Summer of Love by Helen Cross
Helen Cross | My Summer of Love | It’s 1984 and one of the hottest summers Yorkshire’s seen. It’s the kind of woozy heat you lose your mind in. Mona is 15 years old. She’s a drinker, a
Thérèse and Isabelle by Violette Leduc
Violette Leduc | Thérèse and Isabelle | Therese is sent to an all-girl school when her mother marries a man who dislikes children. She meets Isabelle (Anna Gael) and the two become fast frie
The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson | The Haunting Of Hill House | Hill House is an eighty-year-old mansion in a location that is never specified, built by long-deceased Hugh Crain. The story concerns four main charac
A Different Story by Henry Olek
Henry Olek | A Different Story | Olek also wrote the screenplay for the film, so both the book and the movie suffer from the same bad treatment.
Stella is a lesbian real esta