"Gathered for the first time in one collection, these short stories from Lee Lynch represent a quarter century of passionate portrayals of lesbian women. Lynch chronicles the lives of old women who fall in love, a Black firefighter seeking her place in the feminist community, bar dykes unwilling to back down, the denizens of lesbian-owned Café Femmes, and Henny—who runs an urban fruit stand while regaling her baby butch assistants with tales from her life. Iconic characters from Lynch's novels also make an appearance: Frenchy Tonneau from The Swashbuckler and Annie Heaphy from Toothpick House. Lee Lynch’s work is considered among the classics and a cornerstone in the large and permanent foundation of lesbian literature."--
Details
ISBN: 1636792375
ISBN: 9781636792378
Physical Description:383 pages ; 22 cmprint
Publisher:Valley Falls, NY : Bold Strokes Books, 2022
Formatted Contents Note: The night queen -- Cannon street -- Fruit stand -- The Easter feast -- Mary's garden -- The fires of winter solstice -- Natural food -- Whittling -- At a bar -- Pleasure park -- The awakening -- The abrupt edge -- Augusta Brennan -- The mirror -- Cookie and Toni -- Frenchy goes to Vegas -- Dutch and Sybil -- The LoPreston traveling magic show -- Marie-Christine -- Cactus love --Babe and Evie: Thanksgiving -- Babe and Evie: Sunshine -- Truck stop woman -- Inez