Bird-Eyes

by Madelyn Arnold

In 1963, being different can be illegal-as sixteen-year-old Latisha, a lesbian runaway, discovers when she is sentenced to treatment in the locked ward of a mental hospital for being "incorrigible" and a threat to society. Her best friend in the ward is Anna, an older deaf woman committed for depression. Although she's forbidden to communicate in sign language, Anna teaches Latisha and gives her a name: "Bird-Eyes." Their growing friendship and their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0931188628
• ISBN13: 9780931188626
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Seal Press (CA)
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"