Odd Girl Out

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Summary: To choose
Review: Bannon's classic romance focuses on Laura, who's attending university in the 1950s. She meets the alluring Beth, who helps her get into a sorority. Laura is drawn to Beth and slowly falls in love with her. Beth has been dating a slew of guys, looking to awaken her heart, and soon finds herself torn between the burgeoning love she feels for Laura and the deep desire she feels for Charlie, a man. It's a compelling story and reflective of the attitudes in the 1950s, although with a twist: the lesbian character has a hopeful ending instead of a sad one. It's wonderful to see this work back in print because of its historical value.

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Summary: A Fun Summer Read
Review: I was looking for some kitsch to escape from my dreary law school textbooks and this was just the thing. Some of the cultural references are a little vague to the modern reader, but then again, I found it somewhat insightful into the "gay panic" of the fifties. I suggest buying two from the series, though. This was a quick read and left me bookless all too early.

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Summary: Oh those Naughty "Odd Girls"
Review: Make way for Lesbian Pulp fiction! Ann Bannon is the queen of the genre and she serves up a very tasty dish here. While "shocking" 40 years ago it pales in comparison to todays anything goes literary environment, still it is insightful into the history of lesbian fiction, because there were hardly any voices to be heard back then and yet a vast audience was looking for stories about themselves. At times I found the whole social order (men are always right, women just need to follow them) so funny that I was luaghing out lound. I look forward to reading the other books in the Beebo Brinker series and thankful that I didn't live in the era that Bannon writes so well about.

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Summary: Oh those Naughty "Odd Girls"
Review: Make way for Lesbian Pulp fiction! Ann Bannon is the queen of the genre and she serves up a very tasty dish here. While "shocking" 40 years ago it pales in comparison to todays anything goes literary environment, still it is insightful into the history of lesbian fiction, because there were hardly any voices to be heard back then and yet a vast audience was looking for stories about themselves. At times I found the whole social order (men are always right, women just need to follow them) so funny that I was luaghing out lound. I look forward to reading the other books in the Beebo Brinker series and thankful that I didn't live in the era that Bannon writes so well about.

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Summary: Really interesting !
Review: This story revolves around the two main charater Laura and Beth . Laura a very prudent girl having a crush on another woman(Beth) seemed to handle it. But since she's painfully obvious Beth took advantage of it and use Laura for her own pent up desires. But at the very end Beth think that she's straight let Laura goes.....

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Summary: Not high brow, but still good
Review: This was a quick and easy read. The plot was simple to follow, but it did leave me wondering a couple times what was going to happen in the end. Some might say the storyline and characters were on a slightly unbelievable side, but one must also consider when it was written and for what type of audience it was written. Once those two items are taken into consideration I believe this book can be seen as an important step in lesbian literature. I recommend if you are interested in the history of lesbian literature and/or you like trashy romance kind of stuff.