A coming of age novel set in post-war France by an author who " launched the modern genre of the lesbian paperback" (Susan Stryker, author of Queer Pulp).When eighteen-year-old Cécile is orphaned at the end of World War II, the curious and adventurous Catholic student finds refuge in Paris, and with an older man. A former member of the Resistance with Cécile's parents, Maurice is handsome, a thrilling cultured patron of t...

This novel—based on the author's real-life experiences—is credited as the first candidly lesbian novel, originally published in 1950, that “scandalized mid-century America” (The New York Times).As the Blitz rains down over London, taboos are broken, affairs start and stop, and hearts are won and lost.This account of life among female Free French soldiers in a London barracks during World War II sold four million copies in the United States alone an...

Sechs packende, spannende, wichtige und coole Romane - vorgelegt von sechs unabhängigen, anspruchsvollen und einfallsreichen Verlagen. Das ideale Angebot für Leserinnen und Leser, die sich oder ihre Bekannten mit ganz besonderen Büchern beschenken oder betören wollen.