Download or read book Lesbian Love Story written by Amelia Possanza and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers of Saidiya Hartman and Jeanette Winterson, Lesbian Love Story is an intimate journey into the archives—uncovering the romances and role models written out of history and what their stories can teach us all about how to love When Amelia Possanza moved to Brooklyn to build a life of her own, she found herself surrounded by queer stories: she read them on landmark placards, overheard them on the pool deck when she joined the world’s largest LGBTQ swim team, and even watched them on TV in her cockroach-infested apartment. These stories inspired her to seek out lesbians throughout history who could become her role models, in romance and in life. Centered around seven love stories for the ages, this is Possanza’s journey into the archives to recover the personal histories of lesbians in the twentieth century: who they were, how they loved, why their stories were destroyed, and where their memories echo and live on. Possanza’s hunt takes readers from a drag king show in Bushwick to the home of activists in Harlem and then across the ocean to Hadrian’s Library, where she searches for traces of Sappho in the ruins. Along the way, she discovers her own love—for swimming, for community, for New York City—and adds her record to the archive. At the heart of this riveting, inventive history, Possanza asks: How could lesbian love help us reimagine care and community? What would our world look like if we replaced its foundation of misogyny with something new, with something distinctly lesbian?

Download or read book Tiny Love Stories written by Daniel Jones and published by Artisan. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Charming. . . . A moving testament to the diversity and depths of love.” —Publishers Weekly You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be swept away—in less time than it takes to read this paragraph. Here are 175 true stories—honest, funny, tender and wise—each as moving as a lyric poem, all told in no more than one hundred words. An electrician lights up a woman’s life, a sister longs for her homeless brother, strangers dream of what might have been. Love lost, found and reclaimed. Love that’s romantic, familial, platonic and unexpected. Most of all, these stories celebrate love as it exists in real life: a silly remark that leads to a lifetime together, a father who struggles to remember his son, ordinary moments that burn bright.

Download or read book Sweet Lesbian Love Stories written by Giselle Renarde and published by Giselle Renarde. This book was released on 2015 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven sweet stories of lesbian love by award-winning queer author Giselle Renarde. Need a break from hot and spicy romance? Find original lesbian fiction between this book’s clean covers, as well as tales that have been featured in prestigious collections such as Best Lesbian Romance and Best Lesbian Love Stories. Opposites attract after two volunteers get off to a rocky start in Beginning Badly. In Flash Freeze, Lauren falls hard for Zarina—so hard she smacks her head on the sidewalk. Hailey doesn’t know how to tell Sashi her biggest secret in When Hailey Met Sashi, but Yvonne and Deva live happily ever after (after saving a man’s life on their wedding day!) in Going to the Chapel. Seven sweet lesbian love stories sealed with a kiss!

Download or read book White Houses written by Amy Bloom and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unexpected and forbidden affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok unfolds in a triumph of historical fiction from the New York Times bestselling author of Away and Lucky Us.

Download or read book Best Lesbian Romance 2014 written by Radclyffe and published by Cleis Press. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proving why romance is the biggest selling genre on the planet, Cleis returns with 2014's most loving literary tales; guaranteed to warm the heart. Edited by the award-winning and best-selling Radclyffe, she marries together a mix of new up-and-coming authors with established big names in the latest and greatest anthology of the genre. Featuring tales from Andrea Dale, Anna Meadows & Lee Lynch, these authors guide you on an unforgettable journey of desire, excitement and discovery.

Download or read book Lesbian Love Story written by Amelia Possanza and published by Random House. This book was released on 2023-06-22 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A rare treat ... utterly fascinating' Julia Armfield | 'Compelling, loving stories of lesbians' New York Times | 'Full of warmth and hope - readable, inventive and scholarly' Sunday Times | 'Thoroughly enjoyable' Paula Akpan | 'Gorgeously, quintessentially lesbian' Lily Lindon | 'A glowing mosaic of shared experience' Kate Charlesworth | 'A radical act of queer love' Kestral Gaian | 'An incredible, affirming booK' Lois Shearing | 'I love this book' Alim Kheraj Lesbian Love Story is a genre-defying history of sapphic romance like no other. On her quest to discovering lesbian role models from the past, Amelia Possanza uncovers seven incredible love stories in the archives. Expertly blending her subjects' own words with richly imagined and vigorously researched moments from recorded archives and other fragments, Possanza weaves together a vivid narrative around the construction of lesbianism. She takes us with her as she uncovers each lesbian's story, yearning and longing alongside them and growing into her own queerness. This is a celebration of women who love women - sapphics - and a paean to those who have long existed outside of traditional definitions of sexuality and gender, defying the confines of heteronormativity. Each of the lesbians in this collection moved through the world in their own way and helped the world. Their stories illuminate a forgotten and demonised history and show us all a new way to understand what love means when there is nothing material to be gained.

Download or read book The Tree and the Vine written by Dola De Jong and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 1996 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lesbian love story set during the Nazi occupation in Holland.

Download or read book Love Shook My Heart written by Irene Zahava and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Lesbian Love Stories A collection of twenty-eight stories exploring the theme of romantic love between women, from crushes to flirtations to enduring relationships; from the immediacy and urgency of erotic lust to the daily routine of laundry and cooking. Contributors include Leslea Newman, Barbara Wilson, Robin Bernstein, Sally Miller Gearhart, Jess Wells, and Maureen Brady.

Download or read book Crazy A Lesbian Love Story An F F Lesbian Romance written by Dylanne Brooks and published by Dylanne Brooks. This book was released on with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I need to stop falling for the straight ones. It’s a tale as old as time for lesbians. There are always two rules: Don’t fall for your best friend, and don’t fall for a straight girl. This time, I’ve done both. Love is crazy, and is found in the strangest of places. What I thought was a dead end could lead to new love. A new girl. Someone who wanted me back the same way I wanted them. Someone I’m falling for. But love is complicated. And now I’m caught between two women, stuck in a love triangle. I don’t know what’s going to happen… But what I do know is that I love two different women. And I can’t imagine my life without either… *** Crazy: A Lesbian Love Story by Dylanne Brooks is a love-triangle lesbian romance telling the winding love story between Feya, Alicia, and Sarah. This lesbian romance touches on the sweet, the sensual, the steamy, the passionate, the sad, the heartbreaking, the happy, and the joyous, and concludes with a happy ending.

Download or read book Love Matters written by Ellen Cole and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love Matters: A Book of Lesbian Romance and Relationships is a collection of advice columns and personal reflections that will help lesbian couples validate and appreciate their unique relationships. With excerpts taken from the author’s “Love Matters” column in the lesbian newspaper New Phazes, this book explores real-life questions and issues that lesbians have about dating, sex, love, and relationship longevity. From Love Matters, you’ll receive honest, informative advice that can help you and your partner share a more open and fulfilling relationship. Offering support, care, and understanding for lesbian couples, Love Matters seeks to recognize the “new female role” for lesbian women. Using her 15-year long relationship as a basis for many of the responses, the author provides you with suggestions and insight into topics relating to lesbian relationships, such as: keeping sex alive in a long-term relationship handling finances fairly and successfully supporting your partner through the physical, emotional, and spiritual changes caused by menopause identifying the difficulties of dating and what lesbians look for on a date questioning the purpose of and emotions caused by a long-distance relationship realizing how homophobia affects love and relationships While focusing on the joys and experiences of couples, this book also addresses depression and loneliness felt by single lesbians, break-ups, and the death of a partner. You’ll find that Love Matters offers comfort, hope, and humor that will help you understand the difficulties and rewards of your lesbian relationship.

Download or read book Dilemma written by K. Elliott and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tremaine is good for Natalie-well at least on paper-but Natalie has a secret. She craves women and it's become a feeling she can't resist. Natalie meets Jaharie, a beautiful biracial woman, who wants a relationship with a man or a woman. Love is the only thing that matters to her. Natalie is thoroughly intrigued with Jaharie. She wants her, but being with a woman full-time isn't what Natalie has in her plans and she knows her mother will never approve. She wants a husband, children-a 'normal' life-and is on track to acquiring this. She plans to keep Jaharie a secret until she meets Tamala, a powerful, successful attorney and very attractive Lesbian who wants to take Natalie away from both Jaharie and Tremaine. Tamala has the savvy and financial power to woo Natalie right into her arms. Their relationship works for a while, until a past lover of Tamala's vows to kill Natalie if she doesn't stop seeing her. Natalie fears Tamala's deranged lover but doesn't leave until she learns a huge secret of hers. Dilemma is a fast paced novel that will keep you intrigued and surprised.

Download or read book Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003 written by Angela Brown and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Highland Fling written by Anna Larner and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eve Eddison describes her ideal woman to her best friend, Roxanne, over pints in their local pub a few days before she travels to the Scottish Highlands. There she falls head over heels for an enigmatic local, Moira Burns, and the usually reticent Eve wants more than a holiday romance. Forestry officer Moira Burns has no intention of letting go—either of past pain or for present pleasure. If that means she misses out on her chance at happiness, so be it. Convinced Eve is headed for heartbreak, Roxanne advises her to let Moira go…but has Eve found her ideal woman at last? From the breathtaking Highlands of Scotland to the buzz of a Leicester gay bar, family and friendship are tested to breaking point, as letting go proves painfully hard.

Download or read book Longing Lust and Love written by Shonia L. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection will take readers down memory lane--or on a first-time journey--through the various stages of lesbian love, beginning with the lingering looks through romantic emails to relationships and the ultimate pleasure. (Adult Fiction)

Download or read book The Assistant A Lesbian Love Story written by A. Ashton and published by A. Ashton. This book was released on with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mia is a high-powered woman, CEO of an international pharmaceutical company, with altogether too much to think about each and every minute of each and every day. That’s why she hired Heather as her assistant. While Mia appreciated the young woman’s beauty, that didn’t factor into it. Heather was as capable as they came. She always sacrificed for the company, and Mia knew there were big things in the young woman’s future. But a few literal bumps in the road change the nature of their relationship… * Heather is trialing a new medicine when she experiences a strange side-effect: The medicine makes her extremely sensitive and prone to climaxing. A bump in the road? Two? That’s all it takes. It’s not such a bad thing, right? At least, not until it happens when she’s in the car with her boss. Especially since she can’t suppress her cries of pleasure… Especially not when she notices her boss eying her hungrily…

Download or read book The Hellion s Waltz written by Olivia Waite and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s not a crime to steal a heart... Sophie Roseingrave hates nothing more than a swindler. After her family lost their piano shop to a con man in London, they’re trying to start fresh in a new town. Her father is convinced Carrisford is an upright and honest place, but Sophie is not so sure. She has grave suspicions about silk-weaver Madeline Crewe, whose stunning beauty doesn’t hide the fact that she’s up to something. All Maddie Crewe needs is one big score, one grand heist to properly fund the weavers’ union forever. She has found her mark in Mr. Giles, a greedy draper, and the entire association of weavers and tailors and clothing merchants has agreed to help her. The very last thing she needs is a small but determined piano-teacher and composer sticking her nose in other people’s business. If Sophie won’t be put off, the only thing to do is to seduce her to the cause. Will Sophie’s scruples force her to confess the plot before Maddie gets her money? Or will Maddie lose her nerve along with her heart?

Download or read book Lesbian Crushes and Bulimia written by Natasha Holme and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1989 nineteen-year-old Natasha is obsessively in love with her former teacher, Miss Williams. The tattoo she flashes around says so. Natasha meets Alex, a girl her own age, who questions her about the tattoo. An awkward romance is born. In this real-life teenage diary Natasha records her panic at a looming LESBIAN relationship. To lose some excess fat, she starves herself of food ... whilst working in a chip shop. And just to make sure she's gay, Natasha drags five boys into bed in the space of a week, a sin for which the sexuality police threaten to kick her out of the university Lesbian and Gay Society. In this coming out story and love story, Natasha struggles with clumsy attempts at heterosexuality, the sickening effects of weight loss techniques, disapproving shaven-headed lesbians, and sexual harassment in the chip shop.