A debut novel, first published in 1978, telling of a woman who is both a dutiful daughter, wife and mother and also a witch, whore, mad-woman and insatiable lesbian, and as her worlds collide, she slips between the cracks of time.

A piece of the night

LGBTQ+ Books

Michèle Roberts

Literature & Fiction

The Womens Press

Every Mother's Son: Role of Mothers in the Making of Men

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Arcana, Judith

Psychology & Counseling

Edna is a perfect wife, a secret dreamer, and a murderer. Keeping her house scrupulously clean takes up almost all of her time, but when she closes her eyes, a whole new Edna comes into play.

Dancing in the Dark

Joan Barfoot

Contemporary

In the midst of a war-ravaged world, the City -- sealed off from the Outside for three centuries -- becomes the last refuge for a handful of human beings, including a girl endowed with extraordinary powers of rejuvenation.

THE SILENT CITY.

Vonarburg, Élisabeth

Reference

In Book One of the Holdfast Chronicles, Aldera the Messenger, along with all other women, is a slave. In Book Two, Aldera the Runner lives in two worlds, both consisting entirely of women. Now in Book Three, The Furies, Aldera the Conquere leads an army back over the mountains, hoping to end the tyranny and free the slaves she left behind.

Furies

SUZY MCKEE CHARNAS

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