{"product_id":"patience-sarah-by-isabel-miller-signed-1985-paperback-fawcett-crest","title":"Patience \u0026 Sarah by Isabel Miller SIGNED! [1985 PAPERBACK] • Fawcett Crest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePatience \u0026amp; Sarah by Isabel Miller (originally self-published in 1969 as \" A Place For Us\")\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVINTAGE PAPERBACK [1985] FAWCETT CREST\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScarcer third Fawcett Crest printing (1985) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ew\/ 80's style cover.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle page has been flat-signed by late author Isabel Miller \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eaka Alma Routsong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage mass market paperback in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover looks new with some minor edge \/ corner wear. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpine has a single read crease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages look and read as new with a hint of inevitable tanning to pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eSet in the nineteenth century, Isabel Miller's classic award-winning lesbian novel traces the relationship between Patience White, a painter, and Sarah Dowling, a farmer, whose romantic bond does not sit well with the puritanical New England farming community in which they live. Ultimately, they are forced to make life-changing decisions that depend on their courage and their commitment to one another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst self-published in 1969 (titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Place for Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) in an edition of 1,000 copies, the author hand-sold the book on New York street corners; it garnered increasing attention to the point of receiving the American Library Association's first Gay Book Award in 1971. McGraw-Hill's version of the book a year later brought it to mainstream bookstores across the country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatience \u0026amp; Sarah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a historical romance whose drama was a touchstone for the burgeoning gay and women's activism of the 1960s and early 1970s. It celebrates the joys of an uninhibited love between two strong women with a confident defiance that remains relevant today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49070635090169,"sku":null,"price":775.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/patienceandsarah-1copy.jpg?v=1789464936","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/patience-sarah-by-isabel-miller-signed-1985-paperback-fawcett-crest","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}