The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin Walker and Company 1969 From Wikipedia: The Left Hand of Darkness is a science fiction novel by U.S. writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Published in 1969, it became immensely popular, and established Le Guin’s status as a major author of science fiction. The novel is set in the fictional Hainish universe as part of…
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The Women’s Room
The Women’s Room Marilyn French Summit Books 1977 From Wikipedia: The Women’s Room is the debut novel by American feminist author Marilyn French, published in 1977. It launched French as a major participant in the feminist movement and, while French states it is not autobiographical, the book reflects many autobiographical elements. For example, French, like the main character, Mira,…
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Ice and Fire
Ice and Fire Andrea Dworkin HarperCollins 1987 From Publishers Weekly: In Ice and Fire, the unnamed narrator, writing in the first person, begins her story in Camden, N.J., where boys who play the most popular street game ‘witch’ try to catch, cage and string up a little girl. The scene shifts to a New England…
Mercy Andrea Dworkin Thunder’s Mouth Press 1990 If Andrea Dworkin is the Malcolm X of feminism, then this novel is her version of his autobiography… She is brilliant, her anger is a polished and dangerous instrument, and even some of the people she’s marked as enemies can hope she finds her way. Madison Smartt Bell,…
Anna’s Country: A LesbianLove Story Elizabeth Lang the Naiad Press 1981 Arriving in a small town in Upper New York State with her husband and children, Anna Johnson is befriended by her neighbor, nursery owner Hope Alford. When Anna is brutalized by her husband it is to Hope that she flees for shelter, tries to…
Rapunzel’s Revenge: Fairytalesfor Feminists Anne Claffey,Linda Kavanagh,Sue Russell (eds) Attic Press 1985 Rapunzel’s Revenge is a feminist re-writing of fairy tales which has Mary Maher revealing that Snow White organised the seven dwarves into a trade union, Maeve Binchy exposing Cinderella’s prince as a foot fetishist, and a truly gifted Joni Crone showing that feminist…
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Death by Analysis
Death by Analysis Gillian Slovo The Women’s Press 1986 When psychoanalyst Paul Holland is found dead in mysterious circumstances, private detective Kate Baeier is called in to investigate. The hunt for the killer leads from elegant Belsize Park to the streets of Hackney, until Kate uncovers a desperate web of intrigue and a powerful police…
Dry Your Smile Robin Morgan Doubleday & Company 1987 Before she even turned fourteen, Julian Travis made enough money as a TV star to support her mother for life in an apartment in one of Manhattan’s best buildings. But now, Julian is in her midforties and things are not so glamorous or easy. Her mother…
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Out On The Plain
Out On The Plain Frankie Finn The Women’s Press 1984 Out On The Plain concerns the developing links between four women: Rebecca, a painter; Jane, a patient in a mental hospital; Helen, a university student; and Elsie, the woman who cleans her campus room. The women meet and come together, not so much in the…
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A February Mourning
A February Mourning Hannah Wakefield The Women’s Press 1990 Solicitor-sleuth Dee Street is back and up to her neck in trouble. She doesn’t know where she is, only that she’s lying imprisoned in darkness, either dying or drugged. She has a client in Holloway charged with murder; she’s inherited an unwanted Irish terrorist case from…