Little Sister's Classics: Patience & Sarah (Paperback)

from banjo123

We read this "Lesbian Classic" for my book group. It was written in 1965, I think, and is a historical novel set in the 19th century; about two women building a life together. I read it back in the day, and liked it then, but was afraid that it would be too romantic and marshmallowy sweet on a re...

from PhoenixTerran

Patience and Sarah was originally self-published in 1969 as A Place for Us. Considered a classic of lesbian literature, the story is a charming romantic tale of genuine love between to women living in New England during the 1800s. Patience White is a strong-willed, but proper woman, except for th...

from SeriousGrace

This is such a fascinating story. Isabel Miller learns of two real life pioneering women, Mary Ann Willson and her partner, known only as "Miss Brundage," and has to write about them. Willson and Brundage set off to find a place where they could live as an openly homosexual couple. Their courage ...

from whirled

Set in New England in the early 19th century, Patience and Sarah depicts the arduous journey of two unlikely lovers as they struggle to break free from social conventions and their own doubts to find 'a place for us'. It is much better written - and infinitely sexier - than the more widely known ...

from jarvenpa

So sweet and innocent, but in its day quite the must read (there were so few books dealing openly with love between women).