Lesbian Literature

Now available in a special hardcover Deluxe Collector’s Edition featuring beautiful new packaging, including a specially designed cover, stamped case, stunning endpapers, gilded edges, sewn-in ribbon bookmark, and new bonus content! A spirit-lifting, high-concept speculative blockbuster debut set in a world where people can find out how much time they have left to live.Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice.It seems like any other day. You wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and head out.But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. The contents of this mysterious box tells you the exact number of years you will live.From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise?As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they’ll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge?The Measure charts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose decisions and fates interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, pen pals finding refuge in the unknown, a couple who thought they didn’t have to rush, a doctor who cannot save himself, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything.Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is an ambitious, invigorating story about family, friendship, hope, and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.

Beautiful and deeply moving: a testament to the indomitable flowering of queer identity and found family through grief and the cracks of time. --The Stage Nineteen-year-old Pip is trying to find themselves through gardening. But with a dad more interested in plants than people and a mum stuck in the past, they're left to ponder life's questions alone. Then one day, they uncover a jacket in the attic that's been gathering dust. Bold, vibrant, and very '80s, in its pocket lies a diary belonging to someone long gone. Swept up in the mystery, Pip digs into the past, unearthing secrets about an old friend their parents don't want to discuss... Funny, affecting, and beautifully queer, Coral Wylie's play Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew tracks one family's efforts to assuage the past and plant the seeds of a better future.

A fresh and long-overdue reassessment of James Dean, examining his life and legacy as a queer man.<BR>Although he died at a heartbreakingly young age and appeared in only a handful of movies, James Dean revolutionized American manhood. As a celebrity and icon, he melded vulnerability with determination, sensitivity with strength, in a way that offered a bracing and-for some-threatening new vision of masculinity. His massive influence and the fascination he has always inspired are inseparable from his identity as a queer man whose complex sexuality shattered the norms of midcentury American society. (When asked whether he was a homosexual, he reportedly said, "I'm certainly not going through life with one hand tied behind my back.")<BR>Today, even though it is widely accepted that Dean was gay or bisexual, the story of his life and personal character continue to be colored by the prejudices of an earlier era and the work of often unscrupulous biographers and journalists. Drawing on exhaustive new research (including more than four hundred previously secret pages of Dean's personal and business records), Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean is a revelatory reassessment of the man and his legacy. Free from sensationalism-but unafraid to confront the difficult facts of Dean's life-it deploys modern insights into sexual diversity to transform our understanding of James Dean's story, and the stories of boys and men like him.

Dive into a tale of forbidden yearning and political intrigue with Undercover Desire.Lexi Anders, a savvy political campaign manager, couldn't be more excited about her most recent candidate. That is, until she encounters Officer Max Church during a chance traffic stop and discovers exactly how much more excited she can be. Drawn to the enigmatic policewoman, Lexi wonders if there's a way to mix her pleasure with business-and win at both. She requests to have Max join Congresswoman Marsh's security detail, unaware that it will lead to a dangerous journey that challenges her both personally and professionally.Max reluctantly enters the world of high-stakes politics, seemingly a far cry from her normal duties on the highway and surely nothing like her time at war overseas. But when Lexi becomes a victim of a ruthless kidnapping orchestrated to blackmail the congresswoman, Max's commitment duty takes a heart-wrenching turn. In a race against time, Max must confront her own fears and navigate the perilous landscape to save Lexi and the congresswoman's son.Undercover Desire is a lesbian romance that delves into the secrets hidden within the corridors of power, where love emerges triumphant against all odds.

Casey tries to balance her life as she stumbles through her trials and tribulations. She loves wholeheartedly and tries to give her all as she realizes the lies, and deceit have her wondering if it's all worth it. Based on true events. To give up is to quit, to quit is to give up. Giving up is unacceptable for me. To protect the identity of the characters, the names have been changed.

Since when does a kiss awaken the senses to an explosive human experience?Since when does a kiss reveal a truth so unmistakably? It's 1972 and twenty year old Neho, an aimless college student who has been abused by his stepfather, attempts to redress the crime but finds himself cast as the perpetrator. The backlash becomes almost unbearable and threatens to put him in jail and destroy his relationship with Martín, the man he deeply loves. An old creencia (belief) revealed to him by Martín takes hold and slowly changes his life. As he begins his new journey, it becomes clear what he must do. But is it enough? Aclaracíon is a bittersweet coming-of-age story whose message is a tribute to courage, faith and love.

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Was, wenn Gefühle zuzulassen bedeutet, alles zu riskieren?Es ist Sommer und nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter fühlt sich die siebzehnjährige Coley allein. Bis sie Sonya trifft, in die sie sich Hals über Kopf verliebt. Immer wenn die beiden allein sind, spürt Coley, dass Sonya ihre Gefühle erwidert. Doch in Gesellschaft anderer vermag Sonya nicht zu Coley zu stehen. Vor allem nicht in Gegenwart von Trenton, mit dem sie eine On- und Off-Beziehung verbindet. Coley will sich so kurz nach dem Verlust ihrer Mutter nicht schon wieder das Herz brechen lassen und zieht sich von Sonya zurück - endgültig, das nimmt sie sich fest vor ...

Madame Mireille's ocean-side parlour, Les Trois Dames Jouissantes, is one of the last houses holding to the tenets of classic burlesque. They specialize in raunchy comedy sketches, undulating fan dances, chorus lines and, of course, the striptease. In post-war Maritimes, Madame's burlesque house enjoys notoriety thanks to an all-female cast combining the smart with the sensual. It was this reputation that attracted the troupe's two newest members. Ginger, the saucy redhead, has been around the block a few times. She might come on strong, but she's a master of the comedy striptease. Orchid is young, new to the stage, and embodies all that is innocent—or so she'd have you believe! Secrets abound behind the scenes, and it'll take more than slippery fingers to bring them to the surface. Historical lesbian romance with an erotic edge.

Who the #%@& writes a memoir when they're in their twenties?! Then again, are there rules anymore? mommy issues captures the tumultuous journey of self-discovery that often troubles the youths of (way too many) small towns in the middle of nowhere. From the realization of one's identity to doing anything and everything to escape that identity, this book delivers an emotional insight to what it's like trying to be a kid juggling these issues along with life's many other hurdles. The author's venture into vulnerability takes the reader through fear, acceptance, realization, toxic household dynamics, death, and lawsuits that can send an entire family tree up in flames. Don't worry, however, the lighthearted lenses the author wears from time to time will leave you remembering that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.

“Jillian Cantor beautifully re-crafts an American classic in Beautiful Little Fools, placing the women of The Great Gatsby center stage: more than merely beautiful, not so little as the men in their lives assume, and certainly far from foolish. Both fresh and familiar, this page-turner is one to savor!” —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code“Jillian Cantor’s shifting kaleidoscope of female perspectives makes F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic tale of Jazz Age longing and lust feel utterly modern. A breathtaking accomplishment.”—Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue USA Today bestselling author Jillian Cantor reimagines and expands on the literary classic The Great Gatsby in this atmospheric historical novel with echoes of Big Little Lies, told in three women’s alternating voices.On a sultry August day in 1922, Jay Gatsby is shot dead in his West Egg swimming pool. To the police, it appears to be an open-and-shut case of murder/suicide when the body of George Wilson, a local mechanic, is found in the woods nearby.Then a diamond hairpin is discovered in the bushes by the pool, and three women fall under suspicion. Each holds a key that can unlock the truth to the mysterious life and death of this enigmatic millionaire. Daisy Buchanan once thought she might marry Gatsby—before her family was torn apart by an unspeakable tragedy that sent her into the arms of the philandering Tom Buchanan.Jordan Baker, Daisy’s best friend, guards a secret that derailed her promising golf career and threatens to ruin her friendship with Daisy as well.Catherine McCoy, a suffragette, fights for women’s freedom and independence, and especially for her sister, Myrtle Wilson, who’s trapped in a terrible marriage.Their stories unfold in the years leading up to that fateful summer of 1922, when all three of their lives are on the brink of unraveling. Each woman is pulled deeper into Jay Gatsby’s romantic obsession, with devastating consequences for all of them.Jillian Cantor revisits the glittering Jazz Age world of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, retelling this timeless American classic from the women’s perspective. Beautiful Little Fools is a quintessential tale of money and power, marriage and friendship, love and desire, and ultimately the murder of a man tormented by the past and driven by a destructive longing that can never be fulfilled.