Trumpet by Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay | Trumpet | Jackie Kay’s mesmerizing and powerfully moving first novel is about the extraordinary life and seeming dissolution of a family — about the boundaries
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Miss Peabody’s Inheritance by Elizabeth Jolley
Elizabeth Jolley | Miss Peabody’s Inheritance | ‘In this powerful tale of love and loneliness, Elizabeth Jolley has woven two parallel stories into a dazzlingly original novel. Arabella Thorne, a cu
The Third Street by Joan Ellis
Joan Ellis | The Third Street | ‘Gay Street. This was where they came … the lonely and love-starved, the lovely and promiscuous, seeking new thrills, searching for a partner … a
Louisville Saturday by Margaret Long
Margaret Long | Louisville Saturday | The frank novel of women on their own..in an Army town!
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‘This is the first novel by a woman to treat with full seriousness the effects of w
Over the Mountains by Pamela Frankau
Pamela Frankau | Over the Mountains | Third title in Frankau’s ‘Clothes of a King’s Son’ trilogy (preceded by Sing for Your Supper (1963) and Slaves of the Lamp (1965)). Set during World W
Country Lesbians by WomanShare Collective (Nelly, Dian, Carol, Billie Sue)
WomanShare Collective (Nelly, Dian, Carol, Billie Sue) | Country Lesbians | WomanShare is a lesbian separatist commune from the 1970s.
Return to Lesbos by Valerie Taylor
Valerie Taylor | Return to Lesbos | ‘Another unforgettable novel by the author of UNLIKE OTHERS’
Carol by Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith | Carol | At the age of 19, aspiring stage designer Therese Belivet wonders how fate brought her to this soul-sucking job, working at Frankenberg’s department s
The Lavender Herring by Barbara Grier; Coletta Reid
Barbara Grier; Coletta Reid | The Lavender Herring | Highly enjoyable essays written between 1968 and 1972 include the writers Barbara Grier, Lee Lynch, Rita Mae Brown and many others.
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Define ‘Normal’ by Julie Anne Peters
Julie Anne Peters | Define ‘Normal’ | Now in its fourth hardcover printing, Define ‘Normal’ has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon. This is a thoughtful, wry story about two girls-a ‘punk’