She definitely realizes the drawbacks as well as the advantages. The author is sympathetic throughout, but she pulls no punches. 1932) wrote six lesbian themed pulp novels from 1957 to 1962 that later. The writing is excellent for a paperback, and the ending is so very happy that it sets the book almost in a class by itself. 21 Ann Bannon Cover of I Am a Woman (1959) by. I am a Woman tells the story of Laura's flight to New York City, her transference of her love for Beth (her former roommate) to Marcie, who is normal, and finally how she meets and falls in love with the very handsome, very gay, Beebo.Īs a secondary theme, there is Laura's friendship with Jack, a gay boy, and his lover, Terry. The heroine of the book, Laura Landon, discovers her lesbianism, has an affair with her roommate and in the end, realizing that lesbianism is right for her but not her roommate, she says: "I'll live my life as honestly as I can." Written by Ann Weldy under the pseudonym Ann Bannon, the book is one in a series of six lesbian pulp novels Bannon wrote known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. She uses the name Ann Bannon exclusively in relation to her work as a writer. She also appears in some sources under her mothers maiden name of Thayer or her married name of Ann Holmquist. In March, 1957, Ann Bannon's first novel, Odd Girl Out was published. Ann Bannon is the pseudonym of Ann Weldy.
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