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Keep to Me Stranger
Sarah Aldridge's eighth novel, Keep To Me, Stranger, tells the story of a family bound by religion and culture, as well as familial loyalties. It is a tale of two young women whose love cannot be destroyed or denied - even as events unfold that threaten to contribute to such a fate.
Aldridge tells a story of the complexity of family relationships, as well as that of the extended family of friends who support the young lesbian women as they struggle to keep a delicate balance.
Aldridge tells a story of the complexity of family relationships, as well as that of the extended family of friends who support the young lesbian women as they struggle to keep a delicate balance.
360 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 1, 1989
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Sarah Aldridge
15 books10 followersSarah Aldridge was the pen name of Anyda Marchant, attorney, publisher and novelist. Marchant was born Anne Nelson Yarborough De Armond Marchant in Rio de Janeiro and moved with her family to Washington at 6. She called herself Anyda, using the initials from her long name. She graduated and received a law degree in 1936 from the old National University law school, now part of George Washington University. She spent almost forty years of her working life in New York City and Washington, D.C. as a lawyer in both public and private practice.
Upon retiring in 1972, she began a career as a writer and publisher. She originated the Naiad Press and was co-founder (along with Barbara Grier, Donna McBride and Muriel Crawford) when it was incorporated in 1974. In 1995 she and her lifelong companion Muriel Crawford withdrew as co-owners of the Naiad Press and founded a new publishing venture, A&M Books. Naiad published the first eleven Sarah Aldridge novels and A&M Books published the last three. Her final novel, Oh Mistress Mine was released when the author was 92. In January 2006, Anyda Marchant passed away, two weeks shy of her 95th birthday. Her life partner of 57 years, Muriel Crawford, followed her in death only four months later.
A literary icon in the world of lesbian/feminist publishing, Anyda Marchant as Sarah Aldridge provided some of the first novels to have both lesbian protagonists and happy endings. All of her fourteen classic novels are still in print and available for purchase. As a lasting tribute to her vast and varied contributions to lesbian literature and publishing, Sarah Aldridge was awarded the Golden Crown Literary Society Trailblazer Award posthumously in June 2007.
Upon retiring in 1972, she began a career as a writer and publisher. She originated the Naiad Press and was co-founder (along with Barbara Grier, Donna McBride and Muriel Crawford) when it was incorporated in 1974. In 1995 she and her lifelong companion Muriel Crawford withdrew as co-owners of the Naiad Press and founded a new publishing venture, A&M Books. Naiad published the first eleven Sarah Aldridge novels and A&M Books published the last three. Her final novel, Oh Mistress Mine was released when the author was 92. In January 2006, Anyda Marchant passed away, two weeks shy of her 95th birthday. Her life partner of 57 years, Muriel Crawford, followed her in death only four months later.
A literary icon in the world of lesbian/feminist publishing, Anyda Marchant as Sarah Aldridge provided some of the first novels to have both lesbian protagonists and happy endings. All of her fourteen classic novels are still in print and available for purchase. As a lasting tribute to her vast and varied contributions to lesbian literature and publishing, Sarah Aldridge was awarded the Golden Crown Literary Society Trailblazer Award posthumously in June 2007.
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August 31, 2012
I liked this book because I'd never seen anything quite like it. A lot of lesbian romance novels are just adaptations of popular heterosexual tropes, and that's fine, but it was a relief to see something that I wasn't already familiar with in another guise. So far as I know, there is no heterosexual romance genre for shiksas.
The downside to this romance novel was that it wasn't actually very romantic. The primary relationship is largely cold and calculating, which makes it difficult to engage with the characters. At the same time, though, it was still an interestingly plotted novel that was fun to follow along with.
The downside to this romance novel was that it wasn't actually very romantic. The primary relationship is largely cold and calculating, which makes it difficult to engage with the characters. At the same time, though, it was still an interestingly plotted novel that was fun to follow along with.
February 26, 2015
Sarah Aldridge will always have a special place in my heart and I love every one of her novels!!
"Keep to Me Stranger" is much more than a love story; it gives a quite piercing insight into the tradition of Jewish family relationships as well as the life of a wonderful pioneering Jewish woman at the start of the previous century.
And much much more!! :)
"Keep to Me Stranger" is much more than a love story; it gives a quite piercing insight into the tradition of Jewish family relationships as well as the life of a wonderful pioneering Jewish woman at the start of the previous century.
And much much more!! :)
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