Religion is oppressive in this era, but not in the book. It is definitely in the background but I never found it a focal point. Feminism however, is strong and prominent throughout. Patience is destined to be a spinster sister and aunt. A gifted painter, a sharp mind and an heir of wealth and prosperity, she has always set her own course. As much as she was permitted that is. When her Father passed away he left a very detailed will to allow her to continue with the comforts that he provided her with, without having to take a husband.
Her brother Edward was to see her to a lifetime of easy living. One wintry day a load of wood was delivered by an intriguing woman….
This is the day the stars change for Patience. Maybe she was set on the wrong course all along? So he picked me out to be boy cuz I was biggest. Patience has suddenly found everything that she never knew she was missing. She has found Sarah, Sarah with her proud chin, strong shoulders and loving hands. The feeling is mutual because Sarah decides then and there that she wants Patience and nothing will stop her.
Rachel is crushed and without thought tells her Pa. Pa refuses to allow Sarah to scorn the family so, and make all her sisters unmarryable…so, he forbids it. Sarah is relentless in her attempts to reach Patience are suffers greatly. Patience is stricken with fear and cannot risk their lives for love. She refuses to go with Sarah. She has only one choice to survive, which is to become a boy. She cuts her hair and becomes Sam. Sam is strong, in body, spirit and will. Sam has no light left, for he left it back home. Sam encounters a peddler man, a book peddler, and joins him for the summer.
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They have great adventures and he begins to teach Sam to read. Sam heads back to Connecticut. Patience missed Sarah more than she thought was possible. She is desperate for the opportunity to leave now. She quickly realized her mistake in surmising to her fears and she wants the life they dreamed of. However, Sarah returns changed.
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Her spirit is dimmed, her reckless desires controlled, and she is prepared to settle. Settle for whatever life she must life to have Patience nearby. She can no loner be foolish because Patience is now a fool in love. One of them must be sensible, right? Patience convinces Sarah to find her wild abandon once again and they begin their voyage to New York.
The odds are very much against them. If that was it, Sarah and I would make Lords of each other. I was delighted and sickened. I was blown away by the power of their love.
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I found many of the descriptions during their love scenes…odd. But they were all fade-to-black and easy to dismiss. If you must know, there is a happily ever after. In the early seventies it was awarded the honor and I can definitely see why. Not necessarily on this, but with something unexpected and unlike you. Be courageous and free…. Aug 05, Liz rated it it was ok Shelves: I'm fascinated by this this is a weird one. I'm fascinated by this insight into the genealogy of the fantasy of the rural lesbian utopia.
I'm talking about the Puritans but other small communities have also internalised this dream.
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May 04, Molly rated it it was amazing. This is one of the sweetest books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I haven't read too much queer fiction, not until this actually, but this is for sure a gem. I am so charmed by their love, so warmed by Sarah's spirit and Patience's wit.
I am so overjoyed that two centuries ago, two women fell in love in rural nineteenth century Connecticut and built a life together against all the odds. What a blessing this book was. Apr 24, Natasha Diarist Holme rated it it was amazing Shelves: This was the first lesbian book I ever read, in , aged 18, in the summer holidays after leaving school. I was in love with my teacher and heart-broken, so reading my first lesbian book made quite an impression.
Aug 30, Bryn Hammond rated it really liked it Shelves: Such a sincere story, with a very strong first half, I thought, in particular. Nicely written, and the switch between the two viewpoints let in interesting ironies. Jun 03, Malum rated it liked it Shelves: This book was a bit frustrating because it starts out really good, but kind of peters out as it gets near the end. Patience and Sarah are two women that live in the early s. They meet, fall in love, and have to contend with their disapproving families.
Intermixed with all of this are some travelogues as one or both of the women go on journeys at various times looking for a better life. Toward the end, however, the main plot is p This book was a bit frustrating because it starts out really good, but kind of peters out as it gets near the end. Toward the end, however, the main plot is pretty much resolved and yet we kind of just hang out and watch people go about their lives.
If the book had ended a bit sooner-or if the main characters had a few more interesting things to do in the last quarter of the novel-then it would have been a much tighter narrative. Oct 21, Bren rated it really liked it. Written in the late sixties under a pseudonym, an underground phenomenon at first, this is a minor lesbian classic I've been meaning to read for ages. It doesn't all go smoothly, there are pious brothers, angry fathers, bitchy sisters-in-law, and of course their status as women without men to deal with, but they meet a lot of kindness. And there's no self-loathing.
And just before Tipping the Velvet or Fingersmith; apparently Sarah Waters was inspired by this book, but her historical lesbian fiction which queers English Victoriana just as this book queers straight nationalist American narratives about the pioneering life plays around a lot more with discourses about same-sex love from the historical periods she looks at; Waters' characters tend to understand themselves and their desires through things like vaudeville traditions of cross-dressing and pornography, wheras Patience and Sarah just recognize what they want and don't bother about what that might mean about who they are or how they fit into their society--which feels slightly unrealistic.
But maybe not, who knows what it was really like in the past! Its a sweet, sometimes funny book written in piquant language that is occasionally cloying but also occasionally sexy.
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I found this book when I was in the sixth grade. It had been accidentally shelved on the juvenile section. I read it and loved it, even though it would be another seven years before I understood that the two women were lovers, and didn't just bunk together because they only had one bed. As a bookworm of a sixth grader in a very conservative little world, it gave me a half-understood hope that widowhood wasn't the only family configuration for me. Sep 27, Emmi rated it it was amazing Shelves: I've read this many times, still love it! It's an all time favorite of mine.
Jan 06, Cb rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Recommended to Cb by: One of the first "gay" books I ever read Mar 12, Eddie Clarke rated it liked it Shelves: A sweet love story. Certainly the attitudes to homosexuality displayed are more true to the late 60s when this novel was written rather than to the early 19th century when this was set.
The author self-published and sold the first print run on street corners before being picked up by a mainstream publisher. I'm not sure when I read this, but it was a looong time ago. Maybe time for a reread. Patience and Sarah was first self-published by the author in Patience and Sarah alternates between the first person narrations of the t Patience and Sarah was first self-published by the author in Patience and Sarah alternates between the first person narrations of the two women. Actress Jean Smart is Patience. Her melodic, almost hypnotic voice is perfect for the refined Patience.
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So where are the books I was looking for? Where are all the sensual, honest, uncomfortable, glorious sex scenes? Many seem to have escaped me, but I know they must be out there. If nothing else, making this list has encouraged me to search even harder for honest depictions of LGBT love. There are 20 stories in the book, and the characters span the sexuality spectrum: But queer love is the love I know best, so many of the stories did end up that way. I wanted to show a range of love: Queer relationships are as complex and potentially disastrous as traditional ones.
Her debut, Tipping the Velvet, has some seriously hot scenes — the infamous leather dildo scene is a classic. Who could forget that scene with Sue and Maud?