Women Together: Portraits of Love, Commitment, and Life [Hardcover]

Mona Holmlund (Author), Cyndy Warwick (Author, Photographer), Candace Gingrich (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1999

In the tradition of the bestselling Men Together, this photo-essay book celebrates the commitment of long-term female relationships.'

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

There is always room for one more good entry in even a very crowded field. This new examplar of the photo-book-about-relationships genre is visually outstanding. Warwick's black-and-white dual portraits of 29 lesbian couples, ranging from teenagers to golden-agers, are beautifully composed, attractively varied in pose and camera placement (from close-up to the opposite end of a room), and often tonally gorgeous. Holmlund's almost-as-satisfying, newspaper-style interviews of the couples feature such telling statements as one woman's response to those who ask why it isn't enough to live as gay couples now live, without the benefits of marriage: "I want the same things they have." That some of the women are famous among lesbians, like pioneer lesbian activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon and travel writers Pamela Robin Brandt and Lindsy Van Gelder, and others famous to the general public, like writer Camille Paglia, actress Amanda Bearse, and golf pro Muffin Spencer-Devlin, constitutes another of the book's attractions. Ray Olson

Product Details

• Hardcover: 127 pages
• Publisher: Running Pr (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762400641
• ISBN-13: 978-0762400645
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 9.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,618,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written, exquisitely photographed, June 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Women Together: Portraits of Love, Commitment, and Life (Hardcover)

I thought it best to simply post the review from our local gay and lesbian magazine:

From "Perceptions" June 2, 1999 by Gerrie Ross

This book is an excellent piece of art and history. It affirms lesbian relationships. The book honours similarities and differences. If you're a lesbian couple reading this book, you and your partner will find your own story written in the pages. If you're a single woman and want to know about lesbian relationships, you will find it here. So, too, will you find hope for the future. Run, walk, ride to pick up a copy at your local bookstore. It will certainly be the topic of choice in the community. It has been a work long needed in our community. The photography is exquisite, the writing is poignant and real and sensitive.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Celebration of Love and Partnership, March 7, 2001

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This review is from: Women Together: Portraits of Love, Commitment, and Life (Hardcover)

Women Together was given to my partner and I as a gift. We never knew such a book existed! Women Together celebrates and honors lesbian partnerships in a positive and powerful light. The couples in the book span all nationalities, professions and age groups. Their stories of love and committment and honest discussion of how they live their lives and keep their committment to eachother was inspiring to both myself and my partner. If you have a chance sit down with this book and treat yourself to some positive energy! The photographs alone will draw you in and spark your curiosity to find out more about these interesting womyn. I believe you may even find encouragement or reaffirm your own place in life and love through these shared tales. What a wonderful sense of community.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, May 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Women Together: Portraits of Love, Commitment, and Life (Hardcover)

I only was able to look at this book at a bookstore (I couldn't afford it), but it was one of the most beautiful books I've ever seen. The black and white photographs illustrate women of all races and ages, with one thing in common- they love other women. I'm sure each story is very amazing, but I didn't get the chance to read them (they discourage reading whole books in bookstores ;) ) If you have the money, I definately recommend it. It is absolutely beautiful.