The story of tom-boy Evie and her relationship with Patsy Duff the handsome farm-hand. Slowly, Evie comes to realize she is a lesbian and her parents must learn to accept and love her as she is.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. Learn more. |
Book Description
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, and more.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
Pig Week begins the first Monday after Labor Day at County High. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Pig Week begins the first Monday after Labor Day at County High. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Library Binding
I first read this book as a young teenager and remember it shocking the hell out of me because of its content and the author's no nonsense writing style. This is the kind of story that everyone growing up should read because it tells us that daring to be different is not only acceptable but really is the way to go. Evie shows us that it's okay to be ourselves.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
3.7 out of 5 stars
36 reviews
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
It's keyword should be "FARMING."
25 Oct 1999
By A Customer
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Deliver us from...who?
This book, much to my surprise, isn't about Evie. It's about her younger brother Parr and his irrepressible urge to get away from his family life on the farm.
It doesn't focus on Evie, her coming out of the closet, her family's reaction (as a matter of fact, that only covered about two sentences!). It focuses on Parr. On his finding a girlfriend, on his wanting to drive, on his desire to NOT follow the family footsteps. It's all about Parr.
There are a FEW glimpses at this curious creature called Evie. Her outgoing nature, her gruff sense of humor, the fact that she always insists on wearing men's clothing. She's made out to be the stereotypical dyke - she wears jeans and leather, she refuses to wear her hair long, she turns her nose up to make-up, she loves hard work and fixing things, she's her dad's best buddy. Evie is made out to be so masculine, there are times you forget she's a girl, a lesbian, and think she's just one of the guys. As a lesbian myself, always trying to fight that stifling stereotype, I have to say that I was very offended.
If you're looking for good lesbian fiction, skip this book. If you're looking for a quick read, mostly about farming, go for it.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Change In Attitudes
5 May 2004
A Kid's Review
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This is the first book that I have ever read about a lesbian girl, Evie, and how her family has to deal with the comments and accusations, and haste rejections from their friends and neighbors. The story is told through Parr, Evie's brother, eyes and with every word, it almost seems that Evie is your sister, and Doug is your brother, and that you live on a farm. The fact that this story is told through Parr's perspective gives insight on what life was like for Evie. This book made me see the cruelness of people who you thought that you could rely on when it comes to homosexuality. With many books that focus around the male gay, this book showed just the opposite. Evie was portrayed as almost a rebel and a person that you would respect. This book has opened up doors for me into a whole new world of reading and I hope that others will read Deliver Us From Evie as an insight into something new. I hope to read more books that have characters just like Evie and Parr, put I know that Deliver Us From Evie will always be the best one.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Starting Place..
9 Feb 2001
By "erin_jenkins"
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
After reading some of the reviews, I feel I have to defend one of my favorite books, so here it goes:
"Deliver Us From Evie" is one of the first lesbian novels that I've read and enjoyed. I liked Evie as a character and found her intriguing. Though I wish that the book was through her point of view instead of her brother's, I feel that looking at homosexuality through the eyes of an onlooker is a good start for people curious or interested in learning about homosexuality, but not ready to read about it first hand. From this book, I moved on to more in depth books such as, 'Annie on My Mind' and 'Good Moon Rising',but I still look back at 'Deliver Us From Evie' as one of my favorites.
P.S. For those who protest Evie being too masculine, well as Evie herself said, some of them DO look it.
›
Go to Amazon.com to see all 36 reviews
3.7 out of 5 stars
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Children's Books > Fiction > Issues > Social
- Books > Gay & Lesbian > Literature > Fiction > Lesbian
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
