LESBIANA

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90.

EDGE OF TWILIGHT BY PAULA CHRISTIAN, FAWCETT, 1959 (CREST BOOK, 35 CENTS)

ANOTHER YOUTHFUL MODERN TREATMENT OF A WOMAN ADJUSTING TO THE DISCOVERY OF HER LESBIANISM. VAL, ATTRACTIVE AIRLINE HOSTESS, MEETS TONI, ANOTHER HOSTESS, WITH RESULTING MUTUAL ATTRACTION. TONI IS AWARE OF HER LEANINGS BUT VAL IS NOT. THE STORY TELLS OF VAL'S GRADUAL AND TOTAL ADJUSTMENT TO HER DISCOVERY AND ENDS IN VERY COMPLETE FULFILLMENT FOR BOTH WOMEN. QUITE WELL WRITTEN, FAST MOVING, HAPPY ENDING.

I AM A WOMAN BY ANN BANNON. FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS, 1959. GOLD MEDAL GIANT #0833. (SEE PAGE 16)

O'DONOVAN.

91. DANGEROUS WORLDS AND OTHER STORIES BY JOAN O'Donovan. MORROW, 1958. (SEE PAGE 17)

92. AS MUSIC AND SPLENDOUR BY KATE O'BRIEN. HARPER, 1958. (SEE PAGE 18)

93. STAGE FOR FOOLS BY MICHAEL NORDAY. VIXEN PRESS (AssocIATED BOOKSELLER), 1955, 1958.

ZANE HUNTER, PARTIALLY ALCOHOLIC BROADWAY ACTRESS, PLAYS THE LEAD IN A COLLEGE PRODUCED PLAY. SHE MANAGES TO MAKE EVERYONE AROUND HER LOATHE HER. AMONG HER MANY ENEMIES IS ANITA, THE YOUNG LESBIAN SHE RUINS AND THEN HOLDS IN VIRTUAL CAPTIVITY. ZANE IS MURDERED AND EVERYONE LOOKS GUILTY, THE WRITING IS UNUSUALLY GOOD FOR ONE OF THESE OFF-BEAT PRESS PUBLICATIONS. FOR A CHANGE THE LESBIAN IS NOT PRESENTED AS A MONSTER.

94. PRISON GIRL BY WENZELL BROWN. PYRAMID BOOKS, 1958.

ANOTHER SEMI-LURID EXPOSE OF PRISON LIFE FOR WOMEN IN TROUBLE. AS IS USUAL IN THESE POORLY-WRITTEN TOMES THE LESBIANS ARE PRESENTED IN A PRETTY UNDESIRABLE LIGHT.

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