{"id":7553,"date":"2017-06-14T10:14:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T10:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=7553"},"modified":"2017-06-14T10:14:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T10:14:49","slug":"solstice-by-joyce-carol-oates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/solstice-by-joyce-carol-oates\/","title":{"rendered":"Solstice by Joyce Carol Oates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Solstice<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Joyce Carol Oates<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Back in print, one of the most engrossing of Joyce Carol Oates&#8217;s earlier novels explores a relationship between two women. Originally published in 1985, Solstice is the gripping story of Monica Jensen and Sheila Trask, two young women who are complete opposites yet irresistibly attracted to each other. Blonde, shy, recently divorced Monica is a school teacher; dark, nocturnal, sophisticated Sheila is a painter of stature, driven by the needs of her art. 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