{"id":23228,"date":"2010-08-04T16:13:59","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T16:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=23228"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:44:58","slug":"no-previous-experience-by-elspeth-cameron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/no-previous-experience-by-elspeth-cameron\/","title":{"rendered":"No Previous Experience by Elspeth Cameron"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>No Previous Experience<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A Memoir of Love and Change<\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Elspeth Cameron<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8216;No Previous Experience: A Memoir of Love and Change is a candid and poignant memoir by Canadian literary biographer Elspeth Cameron. 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