Jane Rule: 14 books

**The essays in this inspiring collection analyze the craft of writing and the art of living and loving    ** Jane Rule shares her insights into the creative process, sexual fidelity, feminist politics, and the transformative power of love.        Part I—“On Writing”—dispenses...

Jane Rule’s fourth book explores lesbianism as portrayed by authors from Gertrude Stein to Colette, from Vita Sackville-West to May Sarton and Willa Cather Lesbian Images opens with a disclaimer from the author: “This book is not intended to be a comprehensive literary or cultural history...

The stories in this remarkable collection by Jane Rule explore the relationships among men and women, women and women, and families—both conventional and unconventional From traditional families to relationships that break new ground, this anthology runs the gamut of human emotions. The...

Three beautiful novels from the groundbreaking, award-winning author—including “a landmark work of lesbian fiction” and basis for the film Desert Hearts (The New York Times).   First published in 1964, Desert of the Heart broke ground with its realistic and complex portrayal of love between...

**Told as a series of interconnected stories, Jane Rule’s fifth novel—offering six characters’ shifting perspectives—takes us to a place where feminism, creativity, and sexual politics collide ** Contract with the World follows a group of friends, artists, and lovers as they negotiate...

Discovered in her papers as a handwritten manuscript in 2008, Jane Rule's autobiography is a rich and culturally significant document that follows the first twenty-one years of her life.In writing about her formative years, she is indeed "taking" the measure of her life, assessing its contours...

“A landmark work of lesbian fiction” and the basis for the acclaimed film Desert Hearts (The New York Times). Against the backdrop of Reno, Nevada, in the late 1950s, award-winning author Jane Rule chronicles a love affair between two women. When Desert of the Heart opens, Evelyn...

Jane Rule’s second novel follows a group of friends through New York and abroad as they explore the freedoms—and limitations—of sexuality in a time of stifling social convention Katherine George—Kate to her intimates—is captain of her high school debating and swimming teams. But beneath...

A decades-spanning novel of sisterhood and family secrets from an “extraordinary writer” (Katherine V. Forrest).   Born lame, Amelia Larson lives in the house that has been in her family for generations. Now she has a decision to make: Should she honor the dying wish of her sister, Beatrice,...

**Fiction and nonfiction form compelling counterpoints in this powerful look at love and lesbianism  ** The stories and essays in this anthology depict homosexuality in all its variegated forms.     In “Home Movie,” Alysoun Carr, a clarinetist with the San Francisco Symphony,...

An estranged brother and sister reconnect in this moving novel from “perhaps the most significant lesbian fiction writer of the 20th century” (Katherine V. Forrest, author of Curious Wine). When the novel opens, Diana’s twin brother, David, a widower in his mid-sixties, is looking back...

**Five women at critical crossroads in their lives come together in this gem of a novel set on an island off the coast of Vancouver  ** After the Fire introduces a quintet of very different women as they struggle with abandonment, loss, and new beginnings—both together and alone.   There...

An award-winning novel of lesbian identity and camaraderie amid violence and war Ruth Wheeler is the one-armed caretaker of a motley crew of boarders living in her rooming house in Vancouver, British Columbia. The miscreants and outcasts in residence include a sexually confused academic, a...

Reno, am Rande der Wüste von Nevada - die Stadt des Glücksspiels, in der Vermögen schnell gewonnen und verloren werden. Die Stadt, in der Ehen schnell geschlossen und geschieden werden. Es ist die Zeit der schnittigen Straßenkreuzer und des Rock'n'Roll. Evelyn Hall, Literaturprofessorin aus New...