She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not by Lesléa Newman

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not

Romantic Fiction

Lesléa Newman

Here is a new collection of Lesla Newman’s fiction at its finest. In A Stone’s Throw, two butch buddies become more than buddies, though neither of them will admit it. In Mothers of Invention, one woman in a relationship wants a child, but her partner won’t learn the true meaning of compromise and commitment. And in Girls Will Be Boys, a straight woman-at least she thinks she’s straight-discovers a shocking fact about her ‘boyfriend.’ Whether the stories are serious, as in Keeping a Breast when a woman discovers a lump in her breast while making love, or hilarious, as in Flights of Fancy when a femme surprises herself by being attracted to another femme, She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not showcases Newman’s talent for portraying the lesbian community in all its glory with compassion, wit, and heart.

Marketing Plans:
National Advertising: The Advocate, Girlfriends, Sojourner, The Lesbian Review of Books
Advance Reader Copies
Author Appearances: Boston, Amherst, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles

Lesla Newman has written and edited more than 20 books. Four of her books have been Lambda Literary Award finalists. A native New Yorker, she lives in Northampton, Mass.

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From Publishers Weekly

From romantic mores and butch-femme dynamics to extraordinary coincidences worthy of Sophocles, Leslea Newman sketches still more aspects of lesbian life in the 11 short stories of She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not, her follow-up to Girls Will Be Girls. A teenage girl is just becoming aware of her own attraction to other girls when she catches her father in a pink nightgown, dabbing his lashes with mascara and singing along to ‘I Feel Pretty.’ A woman tries to muddle through the days after just having lost her partner in a freak accident (her lover was pushing a woman with a baby out of the way of an oncoming car). Though the plot turns won’t surprise, Newman’s warmth and wry wit should once again charm fans.

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From Library Journal

Best known for her landmark children’s book, Heather Has Two Mommies, Newman has also written books on writing and relationships, edited collections of poems and stories, and published her own fiction both for children and for adults. Here she offers 11 stories of ‘romantic fiction’ that explore various aspects of lesbian relationships. She definitely pushes the envelope, touching on the theme of gender identity and role-playing in five of the stories. To readers familiar with the genre of lesbian fiction, some of these stories may feel curiously dated, as if they were written prior to the feminist movement. But subjects Newman visits loss of a partner, a brush with cancer, an affair with a professor, and a chance encounter on an airplane flight range widely enough to appeal to a large audience. Recommended for all gay/lesbian fiction collections. Caroline Mann, Univ. of Portland Lib., OR

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