Gourd Girls - Softcover

Wilson, Priscilla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 096511967X ISBN 13: 9780965119672

Publisher: Gourdcraft Originals, Inc., 2005

Synopsis

Gourd Girls is a memoir detailing the story of a young lesbian couple who start an unlikely business that becomes not only their livelihood, but also their means of finding their voices, their values, and their beloved community of family and friends.

About this title

About the Author:

Priscilla Wilson was born in 1950. She grew up in Valdosta, Georgia and graduated from Auburn University in 1972 with a B.A. in English. She worked for the Atlanta Council of Camp Fire Girls for a year before making the decision to move to the home of her heart, the northeast Georgia mountains, in 1974. In that year she became committed to her life partner, Janice Lymburner.

Wilson taught high school English in Dahlonega, Georgia for two years but soon realized that teaching was not her calling. In 1976 she started Gourdcraft Originals, Inc., and in 1978 Lymburner became her partner in business as well as life. The evolution of their unusual business - now known as The Gourd Place - and their coming out are the subjects of Wilson’s first book, Gourd Girls, published in October of 2005. Her career as a "gourd girl" has taught her to be a gourd artist, farmer, graphic designer, clay artist, and now author.

Review:

“Gourd Girls is an inspiring memoir, frankly told and generously packed with anecdotes about life in rural northeast Georgia. It will be a welcome addition to public library collections in Georgia.” -Teresa Pacheco in Georgia Library Quarterly

“A remarkable tale... Readers follow the two girls as they are discovering themselves and their knack for the unexpected, giving Gourd Girls a great and powerful intimacy as the community, their families, and their friends join the girls to create an inspiring unity amidst such an unlikely business as...gourds.” -Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Gourdcraft Originals, Inc.
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 096511967X
• ISBN 13: 9780965119672
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224