Queereads
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Sam Weller's Bookstore
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April 2010: The Talented Mr. Ripley - Patricia Highsmith
It is the story of a young man, Tom Ripley, whose nihilistic tendencies lead him on a deadly passage across Europe. He is taken with the life and looks of Dickie Greenleaf. He insinuates himself into Dickie's world and soon finds that his passion for a lifestyle of wealth and sophistication transcends moral compunction. Tom will become Dickie Greenleaf--at all costs.
May 2010: The Other Side of Paradise - Staceyann Chin
An affecting memoir by Jamaican performance artist, Staceyann Chin. Chin tells us about her childhood in Jamaica, growing up with her brother under the care of her God-fearing illiterate grandmother, and coming out as a lesbian.
June 2010: Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang - Joyce Carol Oates
Set in the 1950s, Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang is a deftly crafted, highly imaginative novel about a girl gang called Foxfire and its leader, Legs Sadovsky. Legs is many things: a female Robin Hood, a Marxist revolutionary, a highly intelligent naif, an incredibly bold, indestructible heroine. The forces that gave rise to Foxfire and the bonds that kept it together raise many interesting questions about gender, social status, and sexuality.
