{"product_id":"return-to-lesbos-paperback","title":"Return to Lesbos - 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\u003eValerie Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe pulp fiction classic. \"Taylor was able to creatively incorporate her radical politics with lesbian feminism and her marketable craft of storytelling.\"--Marcia M. Gallo, author of \u003ci\u003eDifferent Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSapphic suburban housewife Frances seeks fulfillment and love from the odd girls and twilight lovers of small-town America's queer demi-monde in this provocative novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eStranger on Lesbos, Whisper Their Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Girls in 3-B.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Frances Ollenfield escaped a childhood of abuse and poverty into a marriage that is slowly becoming more and more loveless as the family's fortunes improve. When her husband suggests that she go back to university to finish her degree, Frances leaps at the chance--which happens to bring her Mary Baker, Bake to her friends, who soon becomes her lover . . . a fast-paced and melodramatic story.\"\u003ci\u003e--Lesbrary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Valerie Taylor stands out, for the politics and realism she packs into her tight little stories . . . Taylor's real subversion is to continue her heroine's story in another book. Like Ann Bannon before her, Taylor unravels her earlier book's hetero conclusion in a sequel--the tellingly named Return to Lesbos.\"\u003ci\u003e--Lambda Literary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e is the pen name of Velma Young, author of the lesbian pulp classics \u003ci\u003eWhisper Their Love\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), \u003ci\u003eThe Girls in 3-B\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), \u003ci\u003eWorld Without Men\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), \u003ci\u003eJourney to Fulfillment\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), and \u003ci\u003eRipening\u003c\/i\u003e (1988). With the $500 proceeds of her first novel, \u003ci\u003eHired Girl\u003c\/i\u003e (1953), Taylor bought a pair of shoes, two dresses, and hired a divorce lawyer. After leaving her husband, she kicked off a prolific career as the author of pulp fiction novels, poetry (under the name of Nacella Young), and romances (under the name Francine Davenport). A long-time activist for gay and lesbian rights, she was a co-founder of Mattachine Midwest and the Lesbian Writers Conference in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 7.5 x 4.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47257524601081,"sku":"9781558618312","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/PWCq8_Tb2s9781558618312.webp?v=1768749133","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/return-to-lesbos-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}