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“A very good love story”
Basil M wrote this review Monday, March 5, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A lovely dark romance dealing with a secret love between two women in the 1950s.”
Benjamin Ryan Smith wrote this review Wednesday, February 23, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Loved it!! Such a great read!”
Lyss G wrote this review Saturday, September 25, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Romantic in a contrived 50s fashion, but it must have been quite meaningful in 1953 for its lesbian coming-of-age story. ”
Lenon wrote this review Friday, July 23, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“2nd best lesbian novel found so far. "winter love" by suyin han is my personal all time best. couldn't find it on shelfari though.”
piyi8599 wrote this review Wednesday, April 7, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Novel for lesbians. Very simple story. I'm hetero, but this fiction seems far from reality. But well, it was written a long time ago, who knows...?”
Talia Head wrote this review Wednesday, February 24, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Apparently the book that inspired Nabokov - forbidden (Sapphic) love, the American road-trip. While not a patch on VN, it becomes bogged down in the middle, but picks up once their relationship is consummated and other plot threads come together. ”
Luke H wrote this review Wednesday, February 17, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very good writing. Story about two women that meet (one is 19 yrs. old & the other is 30 yrs. old). They end up having a lesbian relationship. Toward the end, it got a little slow but had a nice ending.”
Nancy N wrote this review Saturday, September 26, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A friend reccomended it to me as a great lesbian novel, haven't gotten around to reading it yet!”
Tabitha L. S. wrote this review Friday, September 4, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“SUMMARY: The dull, routine life of Therese Belivet, a stage designer trapped in a department store sales job, is forever shattered by the appearance one day of Carol Aird, a customer shopping for a Christmas gift for her daughter. Therese feels an immediate attraction, which she pursues. They meet a few times and, when Carol's divorce is all-but-finalized, decide to take a cross-country trip together. As they come to know each other better, their love deepens - only to be put to put to the test when they discover that a private investigator has been pursuing them, and Carol must choose between her daughter and her lover. COMMENTS: The sexual scenes are implicit in this very well written novel that gives voice to the needs of every person for love and happiness, as well as to the ways culture and society force people to suppress and deny aspects of themselves considered taboo. Readers should come away with more understanding and compassion.”
Bobbie N wrote this review Wednesday, December 31, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
