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Minnie, lesbian feminist from a Brixton squat, goes on a visit to Australia, where Beryl, her mother, has started a new life with baby sister Ingrid, foster-daughter Laura and second husband, a taxi-driver John. Minnie goes determined to come out as a lesbain to her mother and sisters, but they have their own revelations to make.

220 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1984

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Anna Livia

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Anna Livia was a lesbian feminist writer and linguistic theorist. Born in Ireland, she grew up in London, England and Swaziland. As a professor, she taught at the University of Illinois and the University of California, Berkeley.

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1,250 reviews93 followers
February 6, 2022
Un livre intéressant, avec une bonne dose de références culturelles et militantes qui font régulièrement allusion aux oeuvres et groupes lesbiens et féministes. Il y a de bonnes critiques du patriarcat, de l'âgisme, du sexisme, de la lesbophobie, etc. sans être un livre à thèse et en les incorporant bien au récit. Il y a quand même assez d'humour (j'ai ris à haute voix dans le métro à un moment), des phrases intéressantes et un style littéraire qui arrête la lecture pour apprécier certaines phrases écrites (de temps à autre).

La narration ne m'a toutefois pas vraiment interpellé·, le livre a pourtant tous les éléments pour être un classique lesbien, mais je n'ai juste pas été absorbé· comme j'aurais pensé l'être. Ça arrive!
Profile Image for Gill.
843 reviews38 followers
May 26, 2009
Meh. Weird, dated, confusing, disappointing. I read Accommodation Offered by Anna Livia years ago and remembered it quite fondly, hence picking this one up. It was disappointing with the narrative all over the place.
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July 8, 2013
Indeed very outdated, but with a few funny passages.
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