I Am a Woman - Softcover

Bannon, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1684220270 ISBN 13: 9781684220274

Publisher: Martino Fine Books, 2016

Synopsis

2016 Reprint of 1959 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.  The story joins the main character of “Odd Girl Out”, Laura Landon, one year after she has left college.  Exhausted by living with her harsh, judging father for his perception that she failed out of school, Laura leaves home in the middle of the night and goes to New York City.  She gets a job as a secretary in a medical office and lands an apartment with a roommate — Marcie. Marcie is young and very impulsive, but vivacious and she puts Laura at ease. Laura moves in to the apartment in Greenwich Village with a vague gnawing excitement in her.  This is the second of Bannon trilogy and her favorite.

About this title

About the Author:

Ann Bannon is the author of classic lesbian pulp novels such as Odd Girl Out, Women in the Shadows, and Journey to a Woman. She lives in Sacramento, CA.

Review:

The classic 1950s novel from the Queen of Lesbian Pulp.

"For contemporary readers the books offer a valuable record of gay and lesbian life in the 1950s. Most are set in Greenwich Village, and Ms. Bannon’s descriptions of bars, clubs and apartment parties vividly evoke a vanished community. Her characters also have historical value. Whereas most lesbians in pulp are stereotypes who get punished for their desires, Beebo and her friends are accessibly human. Their struggles with love and relationships are engrossing today, and half a century ago they were revolutionary." ―New York Times

"Sex. Sleeze. Depravity. Oh, the twisted passions of the twilight world of lesbian pulp fiction." ―Chicago Free Press

"Little did Bannon know that her stories would become legends, inspiring countless fledgling dykes to flock to the Village, dog-eared copies of her books in hand, to find their own Beebos and Lauras and others who shared the love they dared not name." ―San Francisco Bay Guardian

"Ann Bannon is a pioneer of dyke drama." ―On Our Backs

"When I was young, Bannon's books let me imagine myself into her New York City neighborhoods of short-haired, dark-eyed butch women and stubborn, tight-lipped secretaries with hearts ready to be broken. I would have dated Beebo, no question." ―Dorothy Allison

"Bannon's books grab you and don't let go." ―Village Voice

About this edition

• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1684220270
• ISBN 13: 9781684220274
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224