LESBIANA

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THE 21" SCREEN by Edwin Fadiman, Jr. Doubleday, 1958.

A public figure, a star TV M.C., and a very worthless man is Rex Lundy. He damages, or ruins, his wife, his mistress, his daughter and his friends. Sixteen-year-old Barbara Lundy, after being ignored for years, turns to lovely 23-year-old Chris, a Lesbian, for love. Chris loves her but keeps the relationship unconsumated because of Barbara's age. When Rex Lundy belatedly tries to make up for his errors he separates them. However the author makes clear that another person will come along to take Chris' place in Barbara's life. He is not so optimistic about poor Chris. One of tho more noble portraits, and surprising from a male author.

63. THE LOOKING GLASS HEART by Myron Brinig. Press, 1958.

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Sagamore

One chapter of this family novel laid in New York City in 1910-1930 concerns the variant affair of one daughter. Jean Greenshields for many years has a satisfactory and half innocent relationship with her secretary-companion. This is destroyed by the secretary's sudden marriage. The reactions of Jean and the final conversation between the two women make the nature of Jean's emotion very clear.

TWISTED CLAY by Frank Walford. Claude Kendall, New York, 1934.

A sordid story of mental disintegration.

65. GIRLS OF THE FRENCH QUARTER by John B. Thompson.. Beacon Books, 1954.

A sensational expose story with one chapter devoted to overt Lesbian action between a society girl and a street wanton. Not very good.

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