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136. THE GIRLS IN 3-8 BY VALERIE TAYLOR, Fawcett, 1959. FAWCETT,

BARBY, ONE OF THE THREE ROOMMATES IN 3-8, IS A LESBIAN, AFTER A FRIGHTENING RAPE EXPERIENCE AND A COUPLE OF GENERAL DISAPPOINTMENTS SHE MEETS ILENE, AN OLDER WOMAN WHOSE GIRL LEFT THE YEAR BEFORE TO GET MARRIED. ILENE AND Barby fall IN LOVE AND BARBY MOVES IN WITH ILENE. THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF FAMILY PROBLEMS BUT WORK THEM OUT VERY WELL AND YOU ARE LEFT WITH THE FEELING THEY DEFINITELY HAVE A GOOD LIFE TOGETHER. THIS AUTHOR TREATED A LESBIAN AFFAIR BETWEEN AN OLDER WOMAN AND A YOUNG GIRL IN "WHISPER THEIR LOVE" WITH MUCH LESS UNDERSTANDING AND SYMPATHY JUST TWO YEARS AGO.

137. WOMAN ASTRIDE BY NORA PURTSCHER-WYDENBRUCK, APPLETONCENTURY, 1935.

A WILD HISTORICAL ROMANCE PURPORTEDLY BASED ON FACT. JUDITH VON LOE BECOMES A TRANSVESTITE TO STAY NEAR HER LOVE IN THE ARMY. SHE IS SUCH A CONVINCING MAN HE BECOMES JEALOUS OF HER, SHE DUELS WITH HIM AND WINS. SHE BECOMES DIPLOMAT TO TURKEY, IS HELD CAPTIVE IN A TURKISH HAREM (THE OWNER IS OLD AND IMPOTENT). SHE ESCAPES THE HAREM AND JOINS A BAND OF GYPSIES. AT THE END OF HER LONG LIFE SHE GIVES UP ADVENTURING AND (STILL IN THE GUISE OF A MAN) BECOMES A SORT OF MYSTIC, CARING FOR THE SICK AND THE POOR,

138. SINFUL DESIRES BY FLORENCE STONEBRAKER. BEDSIDE BOOKS, INC. 1959. ($.50 PAPERBACK)

THIS IS A VERY STRANGE LITTLE BOOK. ON ONE PAGE IT BLAST AWAY AT LESBIANISM AND MALE HOMOSEXUALITY AND ON THE NEXT GETS IN A FEW SCIENTIFIC REMARKS ON HOW NATURAL AND NORMAL HOMOSEXUALITY REALLY IS. PLOT LINE IS VERY FAMILIAR. NI CE PRETTY GIRL MARRIED TO BRUTE MEETS SEDUCTIVE BABE WHO LOOKS AND ACTS PRETTY UN-LESBIAN-LIKE EXCEPT IN QUIET CORNERS. PRETTY GIRL FALLS FOR LESBIAN HARD AND ALL IS JOY FOR

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