Monique oan read it when she grows up. Although Astrid's life is purely heterosexual with one minor exception, there is an important Lesbian couple in the book, her Aunt Carla and Dini, Carla's young friend.

Astrid goes at an early age to live in the house of Renier, her uncle by marriage. She and Renier live upstairs and his wife (in name only) Carla and Dini live downstairs. There is complete acceptance between the two strange households, even to Renier making an impassioned plea for understanding and explaining that Dini makes Carla happier than any man could. Really a delightful reading experience.

6. A LESSON IN LOVE by Margaret Creal. Simon and Sohuster, 1957.

A sensitive, well-written first novel about a Canadian boarding school for girls. Primarily the story of a 15-year-old girl's love affair with a 17-year-old girl. Very sad, very cruel and very unfortunate.

7. THE FEAR AND THE GUILT by Wilene Shaw. Ace Books, Ino., 1954.

A Lesbian version of

Tobacco Road'. A poignant story of moral and spiritual degradation on a backwoods farm wherein the main protagonist finds her own father as rival.

3. STEPPENWOLF by Hermann Hesse. Henry Holt & Co., 1929.

A strange, introspective story allegorizing the madness of the postwar era. Among the events are a magic theatre where one oan split one's personality, a Lesbian episode, and a reincarnated Mozart who is addicted to the

radio.

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