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    I am a Woman

    By Ann Bannon

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    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
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCleis Press
    Release dateFeb 28, 2002
    ISBN9781573447775
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    • 4/5
      1959 was a hard time to be gay or lesbian, even in Greenwich Village where (apparently) a buck could buy you three drinks in a gay bar and leave you with enough change for a phone call!Sweet young lesbian Laura Landon has run away from an overbearing father and is trying to make it on her own in the Big Apple. She falls in love with her straight roommate, becomes the obsession of a tough butch, and fails at her office job. Fortunately she has a great gay guy friend named Jack who is there for her when she needs it - and she needs it a lot.Poor Laura whines a lot and she makes some bad choices. Sometimes you feel like slapping her until you remember that she's just twenty and from the Midwest and it's 1959: she's never listened to Lady Gaga or heard of Ellen or seen a "It Get's Better" video on YouTube.
    • 4/5
      In I Am a Woman, the second book in the Beebo Brinker series, Laura has left college after breaking up with Beth. Beth is now married, and Laura returned home to Chicago to live with her father. But unable to stomach life with him, Laura runs away to New York City, where she is introduced to the Greenwich Village gay scene.There are some large discrepancies between the first book in the series (Odd Girl Out) and this book. In Odd Girl Out, Laura's mother is still alive, and her parents have just gone through an emotionally draining divorce. In I Am a Woman, Laura's mother drowned when she was five (along with Laura's brother), and Laura's father blames Laura for their deaths. In Odd Girl Out, Laura's father is portrayed as more calculating and wanting his daughter to make good connections while in college, while in I Am a Woman, he is portrayed as a very cold, abusive man. I'm not sure why the author changed so many details; it was quite disconcerting.Still, I found this book to be interesting. I especially liked the character of Jack Mann, who is gay himself and sniffs Laura's secret out pretty quickly. The character of Marcie is aggravating, but Beebo is intriguing. For being written in the fifties, the series is still entertaining, even though some of the stereotypes are nauseating.