![]() ![]() Evelyn is instantly drawn to the fiercely independent Ann, and their friendship soon evolves into a romantic relationship. A voluntary exile in a brave new world, she meets a woman who will change her life. Fifteen years younger, Ann Childs works as a change apron in a casino. Jane Rule’s first novel-now a classic of gay and lesbian literature-established her as a foremost writer of the vagaries and yearnings of the female heartĪgainst the backdrop of Reno, Nevada, in the late 1950s, award-winning author Jane Rule chronicles a love affair between two women. When Desert of the Heart opens, Evelyn Hall is on a plane that will take her from her old life in Oakland, California, to Reno, where she plans to divorce her husband of sixteen years. ![]() “A landmark work of lesbian fiction.” - The New York Times ![]()
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