{"product_id":"this-is-not-for-you-by-jane-rule-first-edition-first-printing-1970-mccall","title":"This Is Not For You by Jane Rule [FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1970 • McCall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Is Not For You by Jane Rule\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1970] MCCALL PUBLISHING CO.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatte unclipped dust jacket is clean, crisp and lustrous. One small edge tear to upper right corner near spine and a few torn edges at top of spine.  Otherwise excellent.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShips in a new custom-fit, Brodart jacket protector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook itself is excellent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClean navy cloth boards.  Beautiful text block. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages read good as new with just a hint of tanning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eJane Rule’s second novel follows a group of friends through New York and abroad as they explore the freedoms—and limitations—of sexuality in a time of stifling social convention.  It is the\u003cspan\u003e story of a young woman in the late 1950s and early 1960s as she negotiates her lesbian sexuality. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eKatherine George—Kate to her intimates—is captain of her high school debating and swimming teams. But beneath her high-achieving exterior is a young woman on a quest for meaning and fulfilling relationships.\n\u003cdiv\u003e \n\u003cdiv\u003eThrough her decades-long correspondence with Esther, the woman with whom she falls passionately in love, Kate shares the story of her journey into womanhood. As the sexually repressed fifties gives way to the liberated sixties, Kate’s odyssey takes her further and further from home. \u003ci\u003eThis Is Not for You \u003c\/i\u003ealso chronicles the travails of Kate’s intimate circle of friends as they, too, come to terms with their sexuality. Years pass before Kate writes her last letter, and can finally let go and move on.\n\u003cdiv\u003e \n\u003cdiv\u003eReissued decades after it first appeared, this is a cathartic, unforgettable novel about the search for identity, intimacy, and love.\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":67295238717689,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/thisisnotforyou-1.jpg?v=1791265925","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/this-is-not-for-you-by-jane-rule-first-edition-first-printing-1970-mccall","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}