The Price of Salt

from ozzieslim

This is one of those books that is thought provoking. The first things one should consider about this book are actually contained in the afterword written by the author. This book was written in the 1950's when being gay was still considered an illness and a depraved madness. People who identifie...

from carrstone1

It's all too easy to claim this book to be a beacon for the lesbian cause - don't be fooled by your prejudice, though. The lesbian aspects of this book function only as an adapted Deus ex machina, a sort of track to run on for the central plot of a young person's transition to 'adulthood', brief ...

from ConnieJo

I picked this up because it sounded so unlike everything else Highsmith had ever written, and I wanted to see how she did a relatively serious-minded love story. I didn't really care for it, mostly because I just couldn't grow to love the main character and I dislike this kind of romance, where e...

from akblanchard

Lonely shopgirl/aspiring set designer Therese's life is changed suddenly and definitively when she meets Carol, an older, sophisticated but equally lonely woman trapped in complicated divorce proceedings. The two women embark on a lesbian relationship (obliquely described by today's standards) an...

from LynnB

I thought the writing style was a little melodramatic...lots of moodiness displayed by the main characters for no apparent reason...I couldn't really understand either of them (or Richard or Abbey). And the pace a little slow most of the time. But the story was so intriguing: forbidden love, and ...