Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker | Book Review
Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker Original Publication Date: Originally published 1962 Genres: American Literature, Fiction, Illness, LGTBQ Source: I purchased this book Goodreads 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 included an apartment in Berkeley…
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith | Book Review
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith Original Publication Date: 1952 (original) Genres: American Literature, Fiction, LGTBQ Source: I purchased this book Goodreads 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 Patricia Highland (writing under the pseudonym…
