Lesbian love story

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On her quest to discovering lesbian role models from the past, Amelia Possanza uncovers seven incredible love stories in the archives. Expertly blending her subjects’ own words with richly imagined and vigorously researched moments from recorded archives and other fragments, Possanza weaves together a vivid narrative around the construction of lesbianism. She takes us with her as she uncovers each lesbian’s story, yearning and longing alongside them and growing into her own queerness. This is a celebration of women who love women – sapphics – and a paean to those who have long existed outside of traditional definitions of sexuality and gender, defying the confines of heteronormativity. Each of the lesbians in this collection moved through the world in their own way and helped the world.

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Full of warmth and hope – readable, inventive and scholarlyErica Wagner, Sunday Times

‘A RARE TREAT … UTTERLY FASCINATING’ Julia Armfield | ‘GORGEOUSLY, QUINTESESSENTIALLY LESBIAN’ Lily Lindon | ‘THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE’ Paula Akpan | ‘PASSIONATEKate Charlesworth | ‘A RADICAL ACT OF QUEER LOVEKestral Gaian | ‘AN INCREDIBLE, AFFIRMING BOOK’ Lois Shearing

Lesbian Love Story is a genre-defying history of sapphic romance like no other. On her quest to discovering lesbian role models from the past, Amelia Possanza uncovers seven incredible love stories in the archives. Expertly blending her subjects’ own words with richly imagined and vigorously researched moments from recorded archives and other fragments, Possanza weaves together a vivid narrative around the construction of lesbianism. She takes us with her as she uncovers each lesbian’s story, yearning and longing alongside them and growing into her own queerness.

This is a celebration of women who love women – sapphics – and a paean to those who have long existed outside of traditional definitions of sexuality and gender, defying the confines of heteronormativity. Each of the lesbians in this collection moved through the world in their own way and helped the world. Their stories illuminate a forgotten and demonised history and show us all a new way to understand what love means when there is nothing material to be gained.

A TIME MAGAZINE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 * A BUZZFEED MOST ANTICIPATED LGBTQ+ BOOK OF 2023 * A ZIBBY MAG MOST ANTICIPATED

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Weight 0.48 kg
Dimensions 23.6 × 16.2 × 3.6 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

240

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

306.76630922 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K