The Girls in 3-B (Femmes Fatales)
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1558614567 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Annice, Pat, and Barby are best friends from Iowa, freshly arrived in booming 1950s Chicago to explore different paths toward independence, self-expression, and sexual freedom. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era. Lesbian pulp author Valerie Taylor skillfully paints a sociological portrait of the emotional and economic pitfalls of heterosexuality in 1950s Americaand then offers a defiantly subversive alternative. Enjoy the series: Bedel
Annice, a would-be poet, dreams of associating with the intelligentsia; Pat is a secretary in a publishing firm who develops a powerful attraction to her engaged boss; and Barby is a stunning shop clerk whose sexual desire for her supervisor-a female-takes her by surprise but ultimately enriches her life. From Publishers Weekly Originally published in 1959 and reissued as part of the Feminist Press's new Femme Fatale series of pulp fiction by women writers, this is genre literature with a few twists. Searching for their true identities in an era that values sanitized, middle-class, heterosexual conventions, the girls are faced with the classic choice between "good boys" and "bad boys." Annice is torn between nihilistic artist Alan and stable Midwesterner Jackson, who is studying to be a physicist; Pat must weigh Blake, her philandering boss, against Stan, a junior company man with a longstanding crush on her. Three yo
A Customer said Retro (and subversive) entertainment. In this classic pulp reprint, three young women move from a small town to the hustle and bustle of Chicago, where they hope to fulfill their dreams. Pat is saving herself for marriage and develops a crush on a man in her office who seems so out of reach. Annice is studying poetry at college, at least until she can get married, but when she meets Alan, their relationship doesn't exactly progress as she hoped. Barby breathes easier now that she's away fro. Alexandra said worth the read!. The Girls in worth the read! The Girls in 3-B offers an alternative view of 1950's Chicago. It's notable for its condemnation of the misogyny of beat culture. It chronicles the character's struggles to set out on their own and find their ways in the world. The Girls in 3-B is a great bench-marker for how far we've come, yet how much has stayed the same. The characters in the novel are torn between finding their own careers or marrying, and defining their sexualities. While the hist. -B offers an alternative view of 1950's Chicago. It's notable for its condemnation of the misogyny of beat culture. It chronicles the character's struggles to set out on their own and find their ways in the world. The Girls in worth the read! The Girls in 3-B offers an alternative view of 1950's Chicago. It's notable for its condemnation of the misogyny of beat culture. It chronicles the character's struggles to set out on their own and find their ways in the world. The Girls in 3-B is a great bench-marker for how far we've come, yet how much has stayed the same. The characters in the novel are torn between finding their own careers or marrying, and defining their sexualities. While the hist. -B is a great bench-marker for how far we've come, yet how much has stayed the same. The characters in the novel are torn between finding their own careers or marrying, and defining their sexualities. While the hist. Titillating Pulp This was an enjoyable read. The characters were delightful. Well written and absorbing. LaMonte Heflick, author Pup Fiction(TM) Books