Cover of The Gifts of the Body

The Gifts of the Body

  • 1994 first published
  • 165 pages
  • 2 editions

Rebecca Brown's The Gifts of the Body (1994) is a sapphic fiction novel. It deals with home health aides, patients, visiting housekeepers and human body.

11 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list.

At about 165 pages, most readers finish it in 3–4 hours.

Awards & lists

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • AIDS, Disease
  • Home health aides
  • Patients
  • Visiting housekeepers
  • AIDS, Disease, Patients
  • LGBTQ HIV/AIDS
  • LGBTQ novels
  • Lambda Literary Awards
  • Lambda Literary Award Winner
  • Human body
  • Aids, Disease
  • Lesbians
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Quick answers

Who wrote The Gifts of the Body?

The Gifts of the Body was written by Rebecca Brown and first published in 1994.

What genre is The Gifts of the Body?

It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction.

How long is The Gifts of the Body?

The median edition has 165 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Gifts of the Body?

Readers who like it often enjoy Tipping the Velvet, Written on the Body and If You Could Be Mine.

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