Tomboys!: Tales of Dyke Derring-Do

By Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher and Dashka Slater

2164llection of stories, essays and photographs examining and celebrating tomboyhood and its meaning for those tomboys who grew up to be lesbians. Readers will delight in both the similarities and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555832857
• ISBN13: 9781555832858
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Alyson Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

A real awakening

This is one of the most helpful books I've ever read. I never knew there were other women out there just like me. This book is full of wonderful stories that women have written about thier tomboy childhood and how that helped them develop into the women they are today. It also describes how this helped or hindered thier development of a lesbian identity. I highly recommend this book for anyone who was ever a tomboy - gay or straight. It had me laughing out loud recalling my own experiences. It was great to read a book that made me feel normal; like there is a place in this world where I fit.

Rough, tough, rock-em, sock-em tomboys!

Share the experience of tomboyhood! This collection of childhood rememberances will help find the tomboy in all of us. Whether you just liked to climb trees, or were an all-out gun-toting, bike-riding, never-wear-a-dress homerun hitter, you will find yourself laughing and crying with this book. This book is not just for dykes, it's for everyone who ever tried to be "one of the boys" at any point in their lives