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Journey to a Woman

  • 1960 first published
  • 224 pages
  • 9 editions

Published in 1960, Journey to a Woman is a sapphic fiction and classic romance novel by Ann Bannon. It deals with identity, lesbians, married women and wives.

8 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 452 times in the last 30 days.

At about 224 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours. It is in the public domain in the United States and free to read on Project Gutenberg.

About Journey to a Woman

Journey to a Woman is a lesbian pulp fiction novel written in 1960 by Ann Bannon (pseudonym of Ann Weldy). It is the fifth in a series of pulp fiction novels that eventually came to be known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. It was originally published in 1960 by Gold Medal Books, again in 1983 by Naiad Press, and again in 2003 by Cleis Press. Each edition was adorned with a different cover. As Bannon explained in the forward of the 2001 edition of Odd Girl Out, Gold Medal Press publishers had control over the cover art and the title of all the books published through them. Bannon's publisher titled the book. Lesbian pulp fiction books usually showed suggestive art with obscure titles that hinted at what the subject matter was inside. It is preceded by Women in the Shadows and followed by Beebo Brinker chronologically, although in the course of events of the characters, this is the last in the series. Beebo Brinker, in the course of events, was written last but is set first. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)
Summary from Project Gutenberg (automatically generated)

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Identity
  • Lesbians
  • Married women
  • Wives
  • Lesbian lgbtq+
  • LGBTQ classic pulp
  • Love stories

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Journey to a Woman?

Journey to a Woman was written by Ann Bannon and first published in 1960.

What genre is Journey to a Woman?

It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction and Classic Love Stories.

How long is Journey to a Woman?

The median edition has 224 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is Journey to a Woman free to read?

Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

What books are similar to Journey to a Woman?

Readers who like it often enjoy Olivia, Pages for You and The Persistent Desire.

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