Book reviews of novels with gay or lesbian relationships including GLBT focus.
Author
Amber Lehman
Publisher
Closet Case Press
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It was different this time; we weren t acting on a dare. I knew our motive; we were practicing the act, hoping to impress the right boy when it came time. But then something happened in the mix of the moment, in the mix of the alcohol. It wasn t planned, but somehow our kissing experiment turned into something else. Things went further . . .......
Author
Iolanthe Woulff
Publisher
Outskirts Press
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"Don't hate, Nicholas. Hate destroys everything. Don't let it destroy you..."
A cautionary tale about the consequences of blind prejudice, SHE’S MY DAD tells the story of a transsexual woman named Nickie Farrell, who, returning to her Northern Virginia alma mater to teach English to a new generation of scholars, is unaware that in the nearby t.......
Author
Colleen Kelli
Publisher
iUniverse
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Fire in the Hole is the comically dramatic story of a thirty-something actress facing serious changes in her life while training to become a stuntwoman at a quirky western theme park. Over the course of a year, she divorces her lesbian partner of eight years and loses her sister to suicide.......
Author
Bryan Healey
Publisher
CreateSpace
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John has the life he wants: A man he loves, a beautiful baby girl and a decent white-collar job. But a sudden job loss brings about financial and emotional struggle. In his inability to secure new work and a growing sense of despair, he resorts to alcoholism and faces his demons of addiction, discrimination, and regret as he tries desperately to regain the life he had......
Author
Christine Stark
Publisher
Modern History Press
5 Review Copies Left
"...a perfect genius that makes the impossible in expression, possible; the unknowable in experience, knowable"
--Anya Achtenberg, author of The Stories of Devil-Girl
Nickels follows a biracial girl named "Little Miss So and So", from age 4-1/2 into adulthood.......
Author
olivia free-woman
Publisher
Acacia Publishing, Inc.
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Two sisters who had grown apart clash over race relations and small town politics that push old friendships to the edge and rip open long hidden family secrets. Terri, who escaped to Los Angeles years before, has returned to her Southern roots.......
Author
olivia free-woman
Publisher
Acacia Publishing, Inc.
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2011 Arizona Book Awards Winner!
olivia free-woman was a talented and prolific writer. These Selected Works include poetry ranging from intensely sensual through political to Dr. Seuss type rhymes for children. Her short stories evoke laughs, tears, and wonder, often ending with a surprising O Henry style twist.......
Author
Christine Stark
Publisher
Modern History Press
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"...a perfect genius that makes the impossible in expression, possible; the unknowable in experience, knowable"
--Anya Achtenberg, author of The Stories of Devil-Girl
Nickels follows a biracial girl named "Little Miss So and So", from age 4-1/2 into adulthood.......
Author
Therese Ambrosi Smith
Publisher
Blue Star Books
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From Kirkus Reviews:
A combination coming-of-age story and mystery, following Matilda “Tilly” Bettencourt as she struggles against traditional expectations of women in the 1940s.......