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
ISBN: | 9781844086788 |
Publication date: | 7th October 2010 |
Author: | Jane Rule, Jackie Kay |
Publisher: | Virago Press Ltd an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 256 pages |
Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Romance / Relationship Stories Classics Historical Fiction Contemporary romance |