by Jane Rule - £8.99 Virago Press Ltd (2010)
paperback
ISBN 13: 9781844086788 | ISBN 10: 184408678x
Set in the late 1950s, this is the story of Evelyn Hall, an English Professor, who goes to Reno to obtain a divorce and put an end to her disastrous 16-year marriage.
While staying at a boarding house to establish her six-week residency requirement she meets Ann Childs, a casino worker and fifteen years her junior. Physically, they are remarkably alike and eventually have an affair and begin the struggle to figure out just how a relationship between two women can last.
Desert of the Heart examines the conflict between convention and freedom and the ways in which the characters try to resolve the conflict.
(Price & availability last checked: January 2019)
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