ANN GOES TO LIZA AND DISCOVERS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THAT LIZA IS A LESBIAN WHO DISGUISES HER INCLINATIONS BY NUMEROUS AFFAIRS WITH MEN. THEIR RELATIONSHIP (ANN'S AND LIZA'S) BECOMES A LOVE AFFAIR OF A VERY INTENSE NATURE.

IN THE END LIZA'S SORDID PAST CATCHES UP WITH HER IN THE PERSON OF THE MOST HORRIBLE VARIETY OF HOMICIDAL MANIAC. SHE IS MURDERED IN AN INDESCRIBABLE MANNER, ANN COLLAPSES WITH GRIEF AND IS NURSED BACK TO HEALTH BY AN OLD COLLEGE FRIEND, MARGOT, WHO IS NOW A NUN. IN THE FINAL CHAPTERS MARGOT TELLS ANN THAT SHE "ONCE LOVED HER AND HAS HAD ELEVEN YEARS TO UNDERSTAND HERSELF". ANN REALIZES HER WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN A SORT OF HIDE AND SEEK WITH LESBIANISM. SHE GOES BACK TO HER HUSBAND WHO IS NOW SO MENTALLY CASTRATED THAT HE AWAITS HER CARESSES WITH PASSIVITY.

161. HOLLY OOD LA YER BY MILTON M. GOLDEN. SIGNET, 1960.

SYMPATHETIC AND INTERESTING DISGUISED TRUE HISTORIES OF VARIOUS LESBIAN COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUNE OF REMINISCENCES BY A HOLLYWOOD LAWYER. (ALSO INCLUDED ARE ACCOUNTS OF MALE HOMOSEXUALITY.)

162. WHEN THE OWL CRIES BY PAUL BARTLETT. MACMILLAN, 1960.

NOVEL ABOUT MEXICO AND THE END OF THE LANDOWNERS' RULE. RAUL MEDINA, THE HERO, IS MARRIED TO THE BEAUTIFUL, DELICATE ANGELIQUE. SHE IS A LIFE-LONG LESBIAN WHO HAS MARRIED FOR SECURITY AND TO HAVE CHILDREN. WHEN CATERINA, THEIR TEEN-AGE DAUGHTER, DIES HIDEOUSLY, ANGELIQUE CAN NO LONGER STOMACH MARRIAGE, SO SHE RETURNS TO HER LOVER, ESTELLE. ESTELLE HAS LOVER (FEMININE) AND THIS DOUBLE BLOW SENDS ANGELIQUE OVER THE EDGE OF SANITY FOREVER. HAUNTING, UNUSUAL NOVEL WITH A DIFFERENT SETTING AND PERIOD.

ANOTHER

163. THE DAY WE WERE MOSTLY BUTTERFLIES BY LOUISE W. KING, "NEW WORLD WRITING 17", LIPPINCOTT, PHILADELPHIA, 1960.

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EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THAT RARE COMMODITY, THE HUMOROUS LES-

BIAN STORY. ALL ABOUT THE COMIC ADVENTURES OF ONE HARASSED GAY BOY AND HIS MANY LESBIAN FRIENDS.