Sapphic Book Club! - March

Our book club read for March is 'Patience & Sarah' by Isabel Miller (Alma Routsong).

Set in the nineteenth century, Isabel Miller's classic lesbian novel traces the relationship between Patience White, a painter, and Sarah Dowling, a farmer, whose romantic bond does not sit well with the puritanical New England farming community in which they live. Ultimately, they are forced to make life-changing decisions that depend on their courage and their commitment to one another.

First self-published in 1969 (titled A Place for Us) in an edition of 1,000 copies, the author hand-sold the book on New York street corners; it garnered increasing attention to the point of receiving the American Library Association's first Gay Book Award in 1971. McGraw-Hill's version of the book a year later brought it to mainstream bookstores across the country.

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We'll meet at Cultivated Cocktails in Asheville (10 mins south of Downtown), on Charlotte Highway || Come early if you want some yummy food and drinks!