You're not from around here, are you? : a lesbian in small-town America / Louise A. Blum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blum, Louise A., 1960-

Series:

Living out.

Living out

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blum, Louise A., 1960-.

Blum, Louise A.

Lesbians--United States--Biography.

Lesbians.

Rural lesbians--United States--Biography.

Rural lesbians.

Homophobia--United States.

Homophobia.

Cities and towns--United States.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

x, 271 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a funny, moving story about life in a small town, from the point of view of a pregnant lesbian. Louise A. Blum, author of the critically acclaimed novel Amnesty, now tells the story of her own life and her decision to be out, loud, and pregnant. Mixing humor with memorable prose, Blum recounts how a quiet, conservative town in an impoverished stretch of Appalachia reacts as she and a local woman, Connie, fall in love, move in together, and determine to live their life together openly and truthfully. The town responds in radically different ways to the couple's presence, from prayer vigils on the village green to a feature article in the family section of the local newspaper. This is a cautionary, wise, and celebratory tale about what it's like to be different in America-both the good and the bad. A depiction of small town life with all its comforts and its terrors, this memoir speaks to anyone who has ever felt like an outsider in America. Blum tells her story with a razor wit and deft precision, a story about two "girls with grit, " and the child they decide to raise, right where they are, in small town America.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Will That Be Mastercard or Visa?

Just Don't Do Anything Stupid

Maybe It's Morning Sickness

I'm Gay!!!

Getting a Double Dose of It

She Should Keep It in the Bedroom

Welcome to Satan's Playground

The Guys at the Sporting Goods Store Think You're the Greatest

If There's a Blue Line in the Large Window …

Well, Just Be Careful …

The Precocious Child of an Eccentric Writer

Why Don't I Run Down to the Liquor Store?

Zoe = Life

There Is Something Out There Known as Mother Nature

This Is Your Conscience Speaking

Hell-We're All Sinners!

Your Silence Will Not Protect You

It's Just So Hard to Get to Brooklyn

Making Room for My Baby

Give Me the Stamps

Just Make Sure Your Water Isn't Leaking

We Thought Maybe You'd Changed Your Mind.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

CC BY-NC

Stonewall Honor, 2002

ISBN:

9786612268977

9780299170998

0299170993

9781282268975

128226897X

9780299170936

0299170934

OCLC:

654267274