Terminal Velocity |
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Author:
| Boyd, Blanche McCrary |
ISBN: | 978-1-85242-643-9 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2007 |
Publisher: | Serpent's Tail Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More Description'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...