
This novel--based on the author's real-life experiences--is credited as the first candidly lesbian novel, originally published in 1950, that "scandalized mid-century America" (The New York Times). As the Blitz rains down over London, taboos are broken, affairs...


This is the story of what happens when scores of young girls live intimately together in a French military barracks. Many of these girls, utterly innocent and inexperienced, met other women who had lived every type of experience. Their problems, their temptations, their fights...








Originally published in 1950, this account of life among female Free French soldiers in a London barracks during World War II sold four million copies in the United States alone and many more worldwide. The novel is based on the real-life experiences of the author, Tereska Torres...