Desert of the Heart - by Jane Rule (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Set in the late fifties in Reno, Nevada, this classic of lesbian eroticism is Jane Rule's first novel.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Evelyn Hall arrives in Reno wanting only to be left alone while she waits six weeks for a painful divorce from her husband. Once there she meets Ann Child - 15 years her junior, who is both a free spirit and a lesbian. <p/>Soon Ann refuses to let the controlled but vulnerable Evelyn ignore the powerful emotions that begin to unleash inside her... <p/><i>Immortalized for a whole new generation by the film</i> Desert Hearts, <i> Jane Rule's classic </i>DESERT OF THE HEART <i>is arguably her finest novel. Joyce Carol Oates called it an intelligent and utterly believable novel. Told with all the wit and skill of this fine novelist, the book stands as a classic of lesbian literature</i>.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Cool, clear-eyed, compassionate and unsentimental."<BR>-- "Globe & Mail"<BR><BR>"An intelligent and utterly believable novel."<BR>-- "Joyce Carol Oates"<br><br>"An intelligent and utterly believable novel."<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Jane Rule<BR>Jane Rule was born in New Jersey in 1931 and came to Canada in 1956, where she later taught at the University of B.C. Her first novel, "Desert of the Heart" (1991), was made into a movie in the 1980s. Rule emerged as one of the most respected writers in Canada with her many novels, essays and collections of short stories including "Theme for Diverse Instruments" (1975). Rule passed away in 2007.
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