Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker (1962) | Book Review
Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker Genres: American Literature, Fiction, Illness, LGTBQ Original Publication Date: Originally published 1962 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Goodreads, Amazon Cassandra Edwards is a graduate student at Berkeley: gay, brilliant, nerve-racked, and miserable. At the beginning of this novel, she drives back to her family ranch in the foothills of the Sierras to attend the wedding of her identical twin, Judith, to a nice young doctor from Connecticut. Cassandra, however, is hell-bent on sabotaging the wedding. Her Sister Is Getting Married Cassandra and Judith are 24-year-old twins. Up until the last nine months, they had shared almost everything together. That…
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith (1952) | Book Review
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith Genres: American Literature, Fiction, LGTBQ Original Publication Date: 1952 (original) Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Goodreads, Amazon The Price of Salt begins with a chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic. Therese, a struggling young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker in the midst of a bitter divorce, abandon their oppressive daily routines for the freedom of the open road, where their love can blossom. But their newly discovered bliss is shattered when Carol is forced to choose between her child and her lover. The Price of Salt by…
