We Walk Alone

[a bit of paper loss to spine at both ends, modest external wear and minor creasing to front cover]. Mass Market PB "Through Lesbos' Lonely Groves," declares the subtitle (on the front cover only), striking the proper note of tragedy that was typical of lesbian pulp fiction of the 1950s -- although this book is nonfiction, a revelation of "the character and personality of the lesbian, her passions and pursuits, her loves and despairs." The author, "herself a member of the sisterhood, shows you, unsparingly, not only her own trials and tribulations, but those of all who live, like her, in the twilight world of the sexes. She leaves one with the conviction that the lesbian merits neither pity nor scorn, but only sympathy and understanding." It was the first of five nonfiction titles about the lesbian experience that the author would eventually publish under her "Ann Aldrich" pseudonym, while also turning out numerous works of lesbian pulp fiction (as "Vin Packer") and young adult fiction (as "M.E. Kerr"). The Aldrich books, per Wikipedia, "were not overly sympathetic toward lesbians as a group" and were thus somewhat controversial within the lesbian community.

Product Info

Publisher: Gold Medal Books (s774) / Fawcett Publications, Inc.

Year: 1958 (c.1955)

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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