In the early nineteenth century, in a puritanical New England town, two women fall in love. With no one to guide or support them, Patience and Sarah try to follow their hearts. Defying society and history, they buy a farm and discover they can live together, away from the world that had sought to limit them and their love . . .
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Miller's 1972 landmark lesbian novel depicts a love affair between two women in early 19th-century New England.
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'Witty and always passionately sincere' Time Out
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Melting...A Classic,
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This wonderful book used to be one of the few positive lesbian books out there. I know when I found it, years ago, I was comforted by the portrayal of two women making their way in a world that does not want them to be together. They lack even the words to describe their feelings for each other. When one describes her physical reaction to the other's lovemaking as "melting" I thought that was a perfect description for the book. It made all my cynicism melt away for a while. It's a period piece and a well-written romantic tale that no true romantic will want to miss.
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An essential text for any enlighted woman.,
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PATIENCE AND SARAH was an unexpected suprise to me. As an avid reader, it is books like this that continue to fuel the flames of my reading passion. I found this novel absolutely delightful as a romance story, and unquestionably important as a women's history text. This is an important book for all who consider themselves concerned citizens. The story centers around a lesbian love story but translates its message of sexual awakening, search for identity, and tolerance into a profound reminder of the difficulties surrounding all marginalized groups. I place this novel alongside Simone de Beauvoir's THE SECOND SEX as esential reading that inspires me and has changed the face of women's history forever. the face of society for all women.
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A warm, fuzzy, lovely book.,
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I picked up this book out of curiosity and because of the "sensational" subject, and was totally captivated by the personalities of the two heroines, the warmth and passion of their relationship, their quest for "a place for us," and the lyrical writing. The plot is a bit too good to be true, but who cares? It's a book to love.
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New York, Greene County, Mary Ann, Sarah Dowling, Isabel Miller, Parson Peel, Miss Brundidge, York State, Edward White, Bleecker Street, Patience White, Betty Deran, Miss White, New England, Hell Gate, May Swenson, Miss Amelia, Saint Paul, Daniel Peel, Miss Dowling, Patience Li Sarah, Red Mill Road New!
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New York, Greene County, Mary Ann, Sarah Dowling, Isabel Miller, Parson Peel, Miss Brundidge, York State, Edward White, Bleecker Street, Patience White, Betty Deran, Miss White, New England, Hell Gate, May Swenson, Miss Amelia, Saint Paul, Daniel Peel, Miss Dowling, Patience Li Sarah, Red Mill Road New!
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- Summer Will Show (Virago Modern Classics) by Sylvia Townsend Warner in Front Matter
- Torchlight to Valhalla (Homosexuality) by Gale Wilhelm in Front Matter
- True Grit by Charles Portis on page 226
- Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller on page 237
- American Folk Painting by Mary Black on page 203
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- Daring to Find Our Names: The Search for Lesbigay Library History (Beta Phi Mu Monograph Series) by James V. Carmichael on page 84, page 104, and page 116
- New Our Right to Love: A Lesbian Resource Book by Ginny Vida on page 275, page 287, and Back Matter
- Feminist Critiques of Popular Culture: A special issue of the journal Communication by E. Wartella on page 76, and page 77
- Cross-Purposes: Lesbians, Feminists, and the Limits of Alliance by Dana A. Heller on page 173, and page 183
- Historical and Multicultural Encyclopedia of Women's Reproductive Rights in the United States by Judith A. Baer on page 123, and page 125
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