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Shy Girl
Shy Girl
Author: Elizabeth Stark
San Francisco's edgy lesbian culture is the backdrop for this exploration of identity and secret lives. Alta Corral is a butch girl who makes her living as a body piercer. She's tough, wild, and hung up on her first love, a girl nicknamed Shy who was her secret lover in high school. Now in her early twenties, Alta is still searching for ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781580050470
ISBN-10: 1580050476
Publication Date: 11/2000
Pages: 224
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  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Seal Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 2
I loved this novel of the powerful effect some people in our lives have on us and the fact that that power is not diminshed by seeing all of who they are with their flaws and faults. Some people are not meant to be our lovers, but they touch us in ways that go beyond the logical.
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Helpful Score: 1
Pleasant-enough Tale of blossoming lesbian love and angst in San Francisco.
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this was a pretty good book. Didn't end the way I had expected, but I didn't really know how stark would end it anyway. book was overall an interesting read and could not have ended any other way.


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