false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168262650m/31186.jpg 31186 10 <i>arsenalpulp.com</i> : <p>Winner of the 1969 American Library Assoc.'s first Gay Book Award</p> <p>Set in the nineteenth century, Isabel Miller's classic lesbian novel traces the relationship between Patience White, an educated painter, and Sarah Dowling, a farmer, whose romantic bond does not sit well with the puritanical New England farming community in which they live. Ultimately, they are forced to make life-changing decisions that depend on their courage and their commitment to one another.</p> <p>First self-published in 1969 in an edition of 1,000 copies, it garnered increasing attention to the point of receiving the American Library Association's first Gay Book Award. <i>Patience & Sarah</i> is a historical romance that was a touchstone for the burgeoning gay and women's activism of the late 1960s and early 1970; it celebrates the joys of an uninhibited love between two strong women with a confident defiance that remains relevant today.</p> <p>This edition features an appendix of supplementary materials, as well as an introduction by Emma Donoghue, whose numerous books include <i>Stirfry, Hood,</i> and <i>Life Mask,</i> which was shortlisted for a 2005 Lambda Literary Award and the Ferro-Grumley Award.</p> 500486 1972 Patience & Sarah (Little Sister's Classics) total:138|5:38|4:38|3:42|2:15|1:5| 138 503 220 17 4 1 false false Sun Oct 21 08:46:41 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 08:46:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Fri Nov 09 14:02:53 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 18:21:43 -0800 2007
The book tells the story of two women who fall in love in 1816 Connecticut, who plan to move aw...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 06 18:40:43 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 18:42:49 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Jul 14 07:45:02 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 07:45:39 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Sat May 31 09:47:33 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 09:48:07 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 1975 Thu Sep 27 20:50:21 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 20:51:23 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 19:47:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 19:49:20 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 16:26:47 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 16:31:58 -0800 2009 Annie On My Mind. There were also some parts that made me laugh out loud.

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Patience and Sarah is the story of two women in New England, around 1816, who fall in love. One is a semi-independent woman, a watercolor painter from a well-to-do family, and the other is a farm-girl raised to be 'the boy' in a family where no boys had been born. Given th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 06:38:23 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 06:21:46 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 06:38:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 02 13:29:39 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 13:36:15 -0800 2008 (no, I haven't read Faulkner. I will. I promise.)
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it's... alright. based on some truth at least, which is nice. i wasn't swept away by their love or anything, but it was easy to read and pleasurable enough.]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 23:45:19 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 03 00:41:57 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Mon Nov 30 13:02:32 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 13:02:32 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 30 10:22:58 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 10:22:58 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 29 22:10:09 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 22:10:09 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=31186