DESERT OF THE HEART by Jane Rule, Jackie Kay ( 9781844086788 )

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Title:

DESERT OF THE HEART

By:

Jane Rule, Jackie Kay

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

184408678X

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9781844086788

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Publisher:

LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP

Pub. date:

1 October, 2010

Series:

Virago Modern Classics

Pages:

256

Description:

Regarded as a classic of lesbian literature and was groundbreaking when published in 1964.

Synopsis:

Set in the late 1950s, this is the story of Evelyn Hall, an English Professor, who goes to Reno to obtain a divorce and put an end to her disastrous 16-year marriage. While staying at a boarding house to establish her six-week residency requirement she meets Ann Childs, a casino worker and fifteen years her junior. Physically, they are remarkably alike and eventually have an affair and begin the struggle to figure out just how a relationship between two women can last.Desert of the Heart examines the conflict between convention and freedom and the ways in which the characters try to resolve the conflict

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Virago Press Ltd

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