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CURB, ROSEMARY; MANAHAN, NANCY Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence
Naiad Press, Inc. 1985. Trade Paperback. Good. Minor shelf and cover edge wear, spine lightly creased. Includes several black and white photographs. "Nun. Alien in their dramatic garb. Set apart from us in their regimented communities, by their singular dedication. Nun. Different.Fascinatin. Their lives intrigue us all. In thes unique and compelling revelations, both ex-nuns and present nuns unlock the most secret doors in their closed and mysterous communiies under rigidly enforced furles of behavior, where women's lives are consecrated and subjected to the most sacred of vows, where "particualr friendsihps" are ruthlessly eradicated under pain of sin and expulsion, still the pwer of love manages to emerge and survive. Each nunin these stories decribes the individual and searing path she has journeyed to dicover and face and experience the truth of herslef: that she is a Lesbian nun. Unprecedented, myth-shattering, explosive inits unveiling of religoius live and society, this book will create a firestorm. It is vertain to be among the most controversial book of this of any other year.".
Offered for US$ 3.75 by: Yesterday's Muse Books - Book number: 063158