Joyce is eighteen, a freshman at a fashionable school for girls; suddenly all that matters to her is a woman twice her age. This beautifully written pulp novel first appeared in 1957 and is widely considered a milestone for its openly lesbian, feminist content. Includes an introduction by Barbara Grier, co-founder of the legendary lesbian publisher Naiad Press.
About the author
Valerie Taylor was a novelist, poet, feminist, and social activist. She wrote many lesbian pulp fiction classics in the late ’50s and ’60s, including The Girls in 3-B and Stranger on Lesbos. A member of the Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame, she died in 1997 in Tuscon, AZ, where she lived for 20 years. Barbara Grier is a writer and editor, and co-founder in 1973 of Naiad Press, the legendary lesbian book publisher. She lives in Yent Bayou, Florida.