ALDRIDGE, SARAH - Latecomer

A&M Books. 1982. (ISBN: 9780930044008). Paperback, 0.5 x 5.8 x 8.5 inches. Philippa, returning by ship from Europe, finds her life unexpectedly changed by the woman who shares her cabin  an entertainer whose career contrasts vividly with Philippas own existence. From Washington DC to New York City, the women keep encountering one another until they recognize their love for one another. Following the recent death of writer/publisher Anyda Marchant (pen name, Sarah Aldridge), at age 95, A&M Books of Rehoboth Beach is making available all 14 of the classic and groundbreaking Sarah Aldridge novels. Written between 1974 and 2003, the novels represent a melding of history, feminism and lesbian romance. The first novel was published by the fledgling Naiad Press, which went on to become the largest and most successful lesbian/feminist publisher in the country. Marchant was Naiad president from its founding until 1995. In 1995, Marchant and Muriel Crawford, (her partner of more than half a century) withdrew from Naiad and founded A&M Books of Rehoboth Beach, DE. The last Sarah Aldridge book, O, Mistress Mine, was written and published when the author was 92 years young. A&M Books, continuing under the leadership of writer Fay Jacobs (Author of As I Lay Frying - A Rehoboth Beach Memoir) is set to carry out the legacy begun by Marchant and Crawford - making all of the Sarah Aldridge titles available once again and continuing to give women writers a voice. Paperback - 1982 - readable condition, 0-930044-00-2 - - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, exlibrary books sold, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Isbn 0930044002. Used: Acceptable.