Desert of the Heart, Jane Rule. Naiad, 1986. Movie tie-in.
Vintage paperback. Some creasing to bottom right corner of cover. Some scratching around edges of pages. Back cover and spine show very light fading with some signs of shelf wear. Very good condition.
Originally published in 1964, Desert of the Heart was one of the very few novels addressing lesbianism that was published in hardcover. Most books about lesbianism published during this time were considered 'lesbian pulp fiction' until 1969. At the time of its publishing, Jane Rule was a lecturer at UBC in Vancouver, and due to the nature of the book, her job was threatened.