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STRANGE FRIENDS by Agnete Holk. Pyramid Books, New York, 1955.

Translated from the Danish, this is the story of Vita Storm who adopts a school friend as her "little sister", not realizing the true nature of her attraction to Hilda. A frank story, the author has handled the subject with delicacy and understanding and concludes on a hopeful note.

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BIRTH OF THE GODS by Dmitri Merezowskii. Dant and Sons, London, 1926.

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Laid in Crete during the reign of Amenhotep IV, a large part of the story is devoted to the passionate love affair between Dio, a priestess, and her novice, Eoia, a temple dancer.

DEW IN APRIL by John Clayton. Kendall and Sharpe, 1931.

This middle volume of an historical trilogy is located in a rovencal convent during the early 13th century and deals with the introspective and relatively innocent homosexual outburst among three of the youngest novice S.

24. LOVELIEST OF FRIENDS by G. Sheila Donisthorpe. Berkeley Publishing Corp., New York, 1931.

The powerful and bitter story of Audrey and Kim, this novel by an English writer portrays the seduction of Audrey, an upper middle-class wife, by Kim, also married, but deeply experienced in Lesbian affairs. Kim succeeds in winning Audrey completely, but Kim's desire for conquest after conquest leaves no room for a permanent rélationship. Audrey, without either Kim or her husband is left riding a downward spiral from which the book gives little hope that she will rise.

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