A Place Of Our Own

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A highly readable cultural history of queer womens lives in the second half of the twentieth century. An inspiring celebration of lesbian camaraderie, activism and fun SARAH WATERS. A cracking read, and a reminder of what shaped where we are now VAL MCDERMID Riveting indispensable and suffused with a humane warmth ALISON BECHDEL. For as long as queer women have existed, theyve created gathering grounds where they can be themselves. In A Place of Our Own, journalist June Thomas invites readers into six iconic lesbian spaces over the course of the last sixty years, including the rural commune, the sex toy boutique and the feminist bookstore. She also illuminates what is gained and lost in the shift from the exclusive, tight-knit womens spaces of the s toward todays more inclusive yet more diffuse LGBTQ+ communities.Thomass ability to resurrect the past is a testament to her meticulous research. But its her voice - charming, irreverent, tender - that makes the journey through lesbian history so worthwhile.