'In 1970 I realized that the Sixties were passing me by. I had never even smoked a joint, or slept with anyone else besides my husband. A year later I had left Nicky, changed my name from Ellen to Rain, and moved to a radical lesbian commune in California named Red Moon Rising...' So begins Blanche McCrary Boyd's brilliantly raucous account of self-styled feminist outlaws, their desperate adventures and extraordinary fates. Ellen, the narrator of Terminal Velocity, goes to the heart of the sexual revolution in her quest to ...
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'In 1970 I realized that the Sixties were passing me by. I had never even smoked a joint, or slept with anyone else besides my husband. A year later I had left Nicky, changed my name from Ellen to Rain, and moved to a radical lesbian commune in California named Red Moon Rising...' So begins Blanche McCrary Boyd's brilliantly raucous account of self-styled feminist outlaws, their desperate adventures and extraordinary fates. Ellen, the narrator of Terminal Velocity, goes to the heart of the sexual revolution in her quest to find a woman hero or, by default, to become one. A ferociously paced and deadpan funny journey into a new world without boundaries...
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. Stated first, signed by the author, minor wear. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
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Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. BG5-A trade paperback book in near fine condition. An as new, unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with just a touch of very minor shelf wear. A sharp, funny salacious situation comedy by a soul-searching writer. The heroine of "The Revolution of Little Girls" is followed throught the warped looking glass of the 1970s, when every orgasm was a political statement and heterosexuality could be termed an act of war. Filled with insights into freindship, passion, political disillusionment, madness and spirituality. 255p.
