Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003 [Paperback]

Angela Brown (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Best Lesbian Love Stories | Publication Date: January 1, 2003

The first annual anthology dedicated to presenting the best, most heartwarming, moving, funny, sexy, engaging and irresistible stories of courtship, passion, breakups, and makeups by the best lesbian writers of the year. To kick things off, this year's collection will include all new writing by Carol Guess (Switch), Lesléa Newman (She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not), Jane Summer (The Silk Road), Jess Wells (The Price of Passion), Donna Allegra (Witness to the League of Blond Hip-hop Dancers), Julia Watts (Wedding Bell Blues), and Lisa Davis (Under the Mink).

Angela Brown is a writer, editor, and cartoonist living in Los Angeles. She previously edited the book Set in Stone.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Angela Brown is the editor in chief of Alyson Publications. She is also the editor of Set in Stone and Best Lesbian Love Stories, 200, 2004 and 2005. She lives in West Hollywood, Calif.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Alyson Books; 1 edition (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555837654
• ISBN-13: 978-1555837655
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,487,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Collection!, November 14, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003 (Paperback)

A wonderful collection of stories, that show love in all its diverse incarnations. Mainly non-erotic, the stories show lesbians loving, fighting, breaking up, getting together, and making love. Don't think these are syrupy pulp fiction romances, the stories in this collection are strongly written, and run the gamut of humor, pathos, bitter, sad. And woven as a theme throughout the book is love.

I can't wait for next year's collection.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Love Story Collection I've Read in Ages, February 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003 (Paperback)

I bought this book because it looked classier than a lot of other lesbian romance books I've come across. I was a little doubtful that it would be anything more than fluff, but I was delightfully surprised from the very first page. I loved the opening story, Renee Hawkins's "Two Houses, One Home," about an older couple squabbling over whose house they'll live in; it's laugh-out-loud funny AND saucy! Other great pieces include Shelly Rafferty's sexy and smart "Reckoning in Labrador," Orly Brownstein's "Mrs. Houdini's Wife," Sarah Pemberton Strong's beautifully written "Suzanne's," and two amazing lesbian ghost stories (!!!!) by Mary Sharratt and Zsa Zsa Gershick. What a treat it was to find a book of lesbian love stories filled with smart, moving, well-written pieces. Not the standard dreck! Pick up your copy today! Highly recommended!!!

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hooray for Angela Brown!, January 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003 (Paperback)

This isn't just another cheesy lesbian romance anthology; it's a moving, funny, romantic collection of lesbian love stories by some of our best lesbian writers (Leslea Newman, Ruthann Robson, Carol Guess, Elana Dykewoman, Terry Wolverton, Anne Seale, and others). The stories are extremely compelling and well written--so much so that I read the entire book in two evenings. It's clear that Angela Brown really knows her stuff and has a great eye for talent. I can't wait for the 2004 volume to come out!