You're Not from Around Here, Are You?
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You're Not from Around Here, Are You?

A Lesbian in Small-Town America

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  2. English
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You're Not from Around Here, Are You?

A Lesbian in Small-Town America

About this book

This is a funny, moving story about life in a small town, from the point of view of a pregnant lesbian. Louise A. Blum, author of the critically acclaimed novel Amnesty, now tells the story of her own life and her decision to be out, loud, and pregnant. Mixing humor with memorable prose, Blum recounts how a quiet, conservative town in an impoverished stretch of Appalachia reacts as she and a local woman, Connie, fall in love, move in together, and determine to live their life together openly and truthfully.
    The town responds in radically different ways to the couple's presence, from prayer vigils on the village green to a feature article in the family section of the local newspaper. This is a cautionary, wise, and celebratory tale about what it's like to be different in America—both the good and the bad. A depiction of small town life with all its comforts and its terrors, this memoir speaks to anyone who has ever felt like an outsider in America. Blum tells her story with a razor wit and deft precision, a story about two "girls with grit," and the child they decide to raise, right where they are, in small town America.

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Information

Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Year
2001
Print ISBN
9780299170943
9780299170905
eBook ISBN
9780299170936
Topic
Scienze sociali
Subtopic
Studi su tematiche LGBT

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Will That Be Mastercard or Visa?
  4. Just Don’t Do Anything Stupid
  5. Maybe It’s Morning Sickness
  6. I’m Gay!!!
  7. Getting a Double Dose of It
  8. She Should Keep It in the Bedroom
  9. Welcome to Satan’s Playground
  10. The Guys at the Sporting Goods Store Think You’re the Greatest
  11. If There’s a Blue Line in the Large Window …
  12. Well, Just Be Careful …
  13. The Precocious Child of an Eccentric Writer
  14. Why Don’t I Run Down to the Liquor Store?
  15. Zoe = Life
  16. There Is Something Out There Known as Mother Nature
  17. This Is Your Conscience Speaking
  18. Hell—We’re All Sinners!
  19. Your Silence Will Not Protect You
  20. It’s Just So Hard to Get to Brooklyn
  21. Making Room for My Baby
  22. Give Me the Stamps
  23. Just Make Sure Your Water Isn’t Leaking
  24. We Thought Maybe You’d Changed Your Mind

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