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'In 1970 I realized that the Sixties were passing me by. I had never even smoked a joint, or slept with anyone else besides my husband. A year later I had left Nicky, changed my name from Ellen to Rain, and moved to a radical lesbian commune in California named Red Moon Rising...' So begins Blanche McCrary Boyd's brilliantly raucous account of self-styled feminist outlaws, their desperate adventures and extraordinary fates. Ellen, the narrator of Terminal Velocity, goes to the heart of the sexual revolution in her quest to find a woman hero or, by default, to become one. A ferociously paced and deadpan funny journey into a new world without boundaries...
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?Boyd seems to be able to write about that generation?without making them puppets or targets? Margaret Atwood ?It?s not often that you come across a true lesbian epic and this little number is no ordinary lesbian desert trek, lonely hearts yarn. This is a contemporary classic? Diva 'A bittersweet reflection on waking up a decade later with a hangover. McCrary Boyd is both funny and fiercely political? Guardian
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Moving, funny take on the 1970s sexual revolution
This latest book by the author of The Revolution of Little Girls is a slapstick comedy of a straight woman who becomes radical and lesbian and a radical lesbian. At a time when all varieties of post-feminists are denying that the feminist revolution ever took place, Terminal Velocity is a joyous reminder that it did, that it was fun and that, hey, it changed a lot of peoples' lives.
This latest book by the author of The Revolution of Little Girls is a slapstick comedy of a straight woman who becomes radical and lesbian and a radical lesbian. At a time when all varieties of post-feminists are denying that the feminist revolution ever took place, Terminal Velocity is a joyous reminder that it did, that it was fun and that, hey, it changed a lot of peoples' lives.
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- PublisherSerpent's Tail
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1852426438
- ISBN 13 9781852426439
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
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TERMINAL VELOCITY
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SERPENT'S TAIL, LONDON
(1997)
ISBN 10: 1852426438
ISBN 13: 9781852426439
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Edition. Paperback. Ex-Library. First Printing. Novel. In 1970 the novel's narrator Ellen realises that the excitement and possibilities of the 1960s have passed her by. A year later she has left her husband and joined a radical lesiban commune in Calafornia named Red Moon Rising. Ex-library copy. Creased cover, with slight peeling on cover turning points. Withdrawn for sale stamps on first page(about the author). The top of this page(above text) is missing and there is a small area of correction fluid where a price has been covered. Coding stamps on copyright and dedication pages. Coding sticker on base of exterior spine. Slight soiling on page edges. Otherwise clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: BCB3. Seller Inventory # 004024
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Terminal Velocity
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