{"product_id":"naked-in-the-promised-land-a-memoir-by-lillian-faderman","title":"Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir - By Lillian Faderman","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis new edition includes an introduction from Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties, and an afterword from the author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis modern classic of LGBT writing includes an introduction from Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties, and a new afterword from Lillian Faderman.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn in 1940, Lillian Faderman is the only child of an uneducated and unmarried Jewish woman who left Latvia to seek a better life in America.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLillian grew up in poverty, but fantasised about becoming an actress. When her dreams led to the dangerous, seductive world of the sex trade and sham-marriages in Hollywood of the fifties, she realised she was attracted to women, and that show-biz is as cruel as they say.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDesperately seeking to make her life meaningful, she studied at Berkeley; paying her way by working as a pin-up model and burlesque dancer, hiding her lesbian affairs from the outside world. At last she became a brilliant student and the woman who becomes a loving partner, a devoted mother, an acclaimed writer and ground-breaking pioneer of gay and lesbian scholarship.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTold with wrenching immediacy and great power, Naked in the Promised Land is the story of an exceptional woman and her remarkable, unorthodox life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBook Information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCategory: Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 198 x 129mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #f30c0c;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote\u003c\/strong\u003e: Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher or slightly damaged.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Lillian Faderman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40412317745194,"sku":"9781448217533","price":5.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/products\/1000pxx1000px-2022-10-06T110853.539.jpg?v=1665015269","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/naked-in-the-promised-land-a-memoir-by-lillian-faderman","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}