{"product_id":"beyond-the-pale-paperback-5","title":"Beyond the Pale - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElana Dykewomon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Lambda Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e: \"A page-turner that brings to life turn-of-the-century New York's Lower East Side.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Born in a Russian-Jewish settlement, Gutke Gurvich is a midwife who immigrates to New York's Lower East Side with her partner, a woman passing as a man. Their story crosses with that of Chava Meyer, a girl who was attended by Gutke at her birth and was later orphaned during the Kishinev pogrom of 1903. Chava has come to America with the family of her cousin Rose, and the two girls begin working at fourteen. As they live through the oppression and tragedies of their time, Chava and Rose grow to become lovers--and search for a community they can truly call their own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in Russia and New York during the early twentieth century and touching on the hallmarks of the Progressive Era--the Women's Trade Union League, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911, anarchist and socialist movements, women's suffrage, anti-Semitism--Elana Dykewomon's \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Pale \u003c\/i\u003eis a richly detailed and moving story, offering a glimpse into a world that is often overlooked. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A wonderful novel.\" --Sarah Waters\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElana Dykewomon has published seven award-winning books foregrounding lesbian heroism, including the classics \u003ci\u003eRiverfinger Women \u003c\/i\u003e(1974), \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Pale \u003c\/i\u003e(1997), and \u003ci\u003eRisk\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). A former editor of the international lesbian feminist journal \u003ci\u003eSinister Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e, she is the recipient of the Lambda Literary Award and the Publishing Triangle's Ferro-Grumley Award. In 2009 she received the Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize, awarded by the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival. Dykewomon and her partner live in Oakland, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 398\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47246010908921,"sku":"9781504052917","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SUdRTml1aFRBcmxQVGtGdHdmZ21lUT09_33aef49f-9a01-4a88-8b51-7ed1baad6f6e.webp?v=1768610520","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/beyond-the-pale-paperback-5","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}