‘Their dark and troubled loves could flourish only in secret.’ — A guarded look across the room. That was all she dared fo, and this was Greenwich Village where almost anything goes.. She was a slim, lovely girl with silky hair and a shy, sweet smile. She had learned long ago she sould never love … Read more
Beth was there when Laura arrived… She was the brain, the sparkle, the gay rebel voice, and wonder of wonders, she choose Laura as her roommate. That was the way it began, the one up there at the pinnacle and the other, the lonely one, longing always to draw nearer and nearer. Suddenly, the distance … Read more
Her silky black hair. Her low-cut gown. Her sparkling sorority pin. It’s autumn rush in the Tri Epsilon house, and the new pledge, Susan Mitchell-‘Mitch’ to her friends-trembles as the fastest girl on campus, the lovely Leda Taylor, crosses the room toward her for a dance. Will Leda corrupt Mitch? Or will the strong and … Read more
Jane Rule’s incandescent third novel explores love, loss, and family . . . and the pieces of ourselves we leave behind Born lame, Amelia Larson lives in the house that has been in her family for generations. Now she has a decision to make: Should she honor the dying wish of her sister, Beatrice, to … Read more
In a steam-filled diner in a college town, Flannery Jansen catches sight of something more beautiful than she’s ever seen: a graduate student, reading. The seventeen-year-old, new to everything around her–college, the East Coast, bodies of literature, and the sexual flurries of student life–is shocked by her desire to follow this wherever it will take … Read more
