{"product_id":"stranger-on-lesbos-9781558617995","title":"Stranger on Lesbos","description":"Sexy, beautiful, frustrated... a neglected housewife finds the delights and degradations of forbidden love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrances, a 1950s housewife, becomes bored with her suburban life and enrolls in a class at the local community college. When she meets Blake, a butch lesbian, her life completely changes. In thrall to a forbidden world of martini lunches, late nights at queer bars, and a sexual passion she never knew was possible, Frances must choose between the safety of heterosexual marriage or the dangers of life on the edge of society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFemmes Fatales\u003c\/b\u003e restores to print the best of women's writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era. Enjoy the series: \u003ci\u003eBedelia\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBunny Lake Is Missing\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBy Cecile\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe G-String Murders\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Girls in 3-B\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLaura\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Loved His Wife\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMother Finds a Body\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNow, Voyager\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eReturn to Lesbos\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSkyscraper\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStranger on Lesbos\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStella Dallas\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWomen's Barracks\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e is the pen name of Velma Young, author of the lesbian pulp classics \u003ci\u003eWhisper Their Love\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), \u003ci\u003eThe Girls in 3-B\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), \u003ci\u003eWorld Without Men\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), \u003ci\u003eJourney to Fulfillment\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), and \u003ci\u003eRipening\u003c\/i\u003e (1988). With the $500 proceeds of her first novel, \u003ci\u003eHired Girl\u003c\/i\u003e (1953), Taylor bought a pair of shoes, two dresses, and hired a divorce lawyer. After leaving her husband, she kicked off a prolific career as the author of pulp fiction novels, poetry (under the name of Nacella Young), and romances (under the name Francine Davenport). A long-time activist for gay and lesbian rights, she was a co-founder of Mattachine Midwest and the Lesbian Writers Conference in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50855477444882,"sku":"9781558617995","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_341a1ade-ccac-4e9f-b814-4668a4f2b637.jpg?v=1737481518","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stranger-on-lesbos-9781558617995","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}