LESBIANA

CO. THE LAST INNOCENCE BY CELIA BERTIN, MCGRAW-HILL, 1955.

VERY WELL WRITTEN STORY OF A FRENCH UPPER CLASS FAMILY. THE DAUGHTER, PAULA, IS AN ACTIVE, ADMITTED LESBIAN UNTIL HER LATE 30S. WHEN SHE BEGINS TO FEAR OLD AGE AND LONELINESS SHE MARRIES A WEAK SPINELESS FORMER BROTHER-IN-LAW.

81. NIKKI BY KEVIN MACRAE. VANTAGE PRESS, L955.

A HAPPY, HAPPY GAY BOOK. A REAL TREAT FOR EVERYONE TIRED OF BLOODY ENDINGS. NIKKI AND ALL OF HER TALENTED, LOVELY FRIENDS IN AN IDYLLIC PARADISE OF LESBIANS OUTSIDE LOS ANGELES. THROUGH TEARS AND TROUBLE LOVE TRIUMPHS.

82. MY SISTER, MY BELOVED BY EDWINA MARKS. CITADEL PRESS, 1955.

A STRANGE PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA WRITTEN BY A NEPHEW OF CLIFTON FADIMAN NAMED EDWIN J. FADIMAN, UNDER THIS FEMININE PSEUDONYM. A STORY OF THE LESBIAN PASSION OF TWO HALF-SISTERS, THE LOVE STORY IS SINCERE ON THE PART OF THE ELDER AND ONLY FOR PLEASURE ON THE PART OF THE YOUNGER. THIS ONE LEAVES A BITTER TASTE. ONLY FOR THE STRONG IN STOMACH.

83. REMEMBRANCE WAY BY JESSIE REHDER. PUTNAM, 1956.

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AN EMBITTERED 40 YEAR-OLD WOMAN REVIEWS HER LIFE AND THE FAILURE OF HER MARRIAGE, SHE BLAMES ALL OF HER MISFORTUNE ON THE UNSUCCESSFUL AND HOPELESS PASSIONATE LOVE OF ANOTHER GIRL IN HER LATE ADOLESCENCE. A BOOK TO REMEMBER A BEAUTIFUL, ALMOST UNREAL STORY.

THE LORD HAVE MERCY BY SHELLEY SMITH. HARPER, 1956.

AN ENGLISH NOVEL OF SUSPENSE. THE MAIN SUPPORTING CHARACTERS IN THIS DELIGHTFUL MYSTERY ARE A LESBIAN AND HER LOVE. IN THE COURSE OF THE BOOK THEY NEARLY ADOPT A CHILD. THE AFFAIR IS HAPPY AND PERMANENT AT THE NOVEL'S CONCLUSION,

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