Stone Butch Blues : A Novel

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Summary: Find Yourself
Review: This book I read in 24 hours and I was absolutely touched by it. It made me relaize who I was and it helped me figure out why I have been struggling with my self identity for so long. This book was like looking in the mirrior at myself (of, course as a '90's butch). I loved it and would absolutely recommend it to everyone, butch and femme alike. You'll get hooked and not be able to put it down. Yet, one thing is it will leave you with a lot of questions.

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Summary: Excellent Book for Everyone
Review: This book is a must-read, simply because it provides a valuable perspective into a community all too often marginalized and misunderstood. It is a good book just as a novel, but as a fount of information it is doubly valuable. It opened my eyes to the world of butch-femme, and was very thought-provoking. Everybody should read this book. Be warned, though, it is very intense.

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Summary: Everyone who wants to be human should read this.
Review: This book is a poignant story of a life which comes full circle, culminating in the discovery of love and self-acceptance. The story chronicles the life of a butch lesbian, but its power is in expressing the anguish of being different. It is much larger than the characters and story, as all good literature is. If I were a teacher, it would be required reading in my classes.

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Summary: Essential Mind Delving
Review: This book is a wonderful and disturbing look at what everyone takes for granted. The roots of lesbianism and gay pride started with a few brave souls who had the courage to be themselves. This is one such story. The author makes you weep, laugh and shout for joy with this story. Utterly brilliant and a must-read for anyone experiencing the trials of out gay life.

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Summary: Essential Mind Delving
Review: This book is a wonderful and disturbing look at what everyone takes for granted. The roots of lesbianism and gay pride started with a few brave souls who had the courage to be themselves. This is one such story. The author makes you weep, laugh and shout for joy with this story. Utterly brilliant and a must-read for anyone experiencing the trials of out gay life.

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Summary: Intensely moving
Review: This book is not only an important historical chronicle for the gay community, it is a compelling novel. The characters take on their own lives and make us care for them. They are true to the time in which they live. I was deeply touched by this book. I simply cannot recommend it highly enough. I think it is very important that we as a community realize where we have come from and appreciate the sacrifices others made for rights we now take for granted. Having said that, this book is never preachy. You could read it simply as a character study and it would stand on its own and still be fascinating. A must-read for any lesbian, but especially for any stone butch or butch. I am not a lesbian, I am just a lesbian-lover, but feel that this book gave me deeper insights into several women I have known through the years, and especially into the life of one very special friend.

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Summary: Blisteringly good
Review: This book is unputdownable. The style, but more forceably, the content is what grips the attention. Outstanding.

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Summary: Amazingly Great
Review: This book is, without a doubt, one of the most deep, yet easy to read books I have ever read. It is, reading level wise, easy to digest. However, you should be ready for the content to make you furious, overjoyed, depressed, and hopeful. This author does not do things by halves for certain sure. I couldn't put this book down, and when I finished, I loaned it to a friend. She read it clear through and loved it too, and she never reads if she can help it. It's just that kind of book. You care about the people in it, and that's the greatest test of any book. It doesn't have a terribly happy ending, but if you read the book you don't expect one. Life isn't so easily wrapped up as that. All in all, a wonderful priceless, thoughtful book well worth reading more than once. I'll read it again as soon as I can steal my book back:)

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Summary: The best book I've read in YEARS!
Review: This book made me laugh, made me cry, but mostly I just enjoyed it. I don't think anyone would be able to put it down!

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Summary: stone butch blues
Review: this book rips your heart out, puts it back in, let's you heal a bit then rips it back out. This book is powerful and intense I couldn't put it down, I've loaned it out and my friend has loaned it out yet again, I doubt I'll ever get it back, great book, don't pass it up