- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Kensington Publishing (1 Jan 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0758203136
- ISBN-13: 978-0758203137
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,678,708 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sexy earthy Val MacGregor has what most women want - a cozy New York City apartment, a thriving career as a stewardess, and the constant attention of admiring men. Val enjoys it all, even if it does feel like something's missing, something she can't quite put her finger on. And then Val meets passionate, lovely Toni Molina, and when their friendship leads to a smoldering kiss, she feels complete as she never has before. Moving on with Toni to California, Val struggles to understand the depth of her feelings for her new lover. While she worries about how her extended family will feel about her lifestyle, she never suspects that the greatest threat to her love will come from within. Now, to love and live freely, Val will have to liberate not just her mind, but her very heart and soul.
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Paula Christian, consistently hailed as one of the top three lesbian fiction writers from the 1950s and 1960s, is the author of numerous well-loved lesbian romances, often used as recommended reading at the university level for Women's Studies. The next two volumes of Christian's saga will be published in 2003 and 2004, respectively.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Pleasant Surprise
23 July 2003
Format:Paperback
Being a fan of retro literature and its parodies, I picked this up thinking it was pure camp. Remarkably, Twilight Girls is quite serious and only occasionally melodramatic. The first story is the basic "coming out" story with Val discovering "what she's missing" in Toni Molina. The sequel is the follow through in their relationship. More than romance, Twilight Girls also paints a vivid portrait of 50's America, the airline industry and even a glimpse into animation. The descriptions of Val's stops along her odyssey are palpable, yet don't stray into verbosity. Christian seems way ahead of her time and I kept checking the copyright date to make sure these stories were actually 40+ years old.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Two very different stories.
21 May 2007
Format:Paperback
The first story in this collection is an astonishingly good coming-out story, the story of a woman's first realization that she is a lesbian. Well-written, with excellent characterizations, plotting, pacing, and remarkably (for its time) spot-on in its portrayal of the emotions involved.
The second story alleges to be a continuation of the first, but the characters have a very different feel to them; if it were read as a stand-alone, it would probably be a very strong story detailing the emotional unsettlement that comes from having a relationship (particularly a taboo relationship) go sour. But given that it is written as a followup to the first, it suffers from seeming unfaithful to the personalities that have been established before. Also, while it is a very well-written and emotionally powerful story, it is likely that many who enjoy the romantic first story will find a story focusing on a nervous breakdown and the psychoanalysis that follows to be a much less interesting and attractive story, and if it avoids the cheap, trite ending that I was afraid that it was heading towards, it still leaves me feeling somewhat unsatisfied. So I give the first story a solid five stars, the second a mixed-emotion three stars, and the combination a compromise four.
The second story alleges to be a continuation of the first, but the characters have a very different feel to them; if it were read as a stand-alone, it would probably be a very strong story detailing the emotional unsettlement that comes from having a relationship (particularly a taboo relationship) go sour. But given that it is written as a followup to the first, it suffers from seeming unfaithful to the personalities that have been established before. Also, while it is a very well-written and emotionally powerful story, it is likely that many who enjoy the romantic first story will find a story focusing on a nervous breakdown and the psychoanalysis that follows to be a much less interesting and attractive story, and if it avoids the cheap, trite ending that I was afraid that it was heading towards, it still leaves me feeling somewhat unsatisfied. So I give the first story a solid five stars, the second a mixed-emotion three stars, and the combination a compromise four.
0 of 6 people found the following review helpful
BOOOOOOOORING!!!!!
2 Jun 2005
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I couldn't even finish reading the second story in Twilight Girls! I felt like I was walking through MUD to get to the ending! Just not what I expected!
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