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Title: In Every Port by Karin Kallmaker ISBN: 1-931513-36-8 Publisher: Bella Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: It's 1978, You're a Lesbian, What Now?
Comment: Some books set in the past read like history lessons and are just about as dry and dull, too. But not this one. Instead of lots of emphasis on events and who did what, this novel is like a history lesson in the emotions of a burgeoning lesbian-feminist. I take for granted a lot not just how far we've come as lesbians, but also as women. Jessica is the kind of woman who thought of stuff to teach women about work and success that we all take for granted now.
But that's all secondary to a nice, romantic plot about two women who fall in love and have to figure out how to show it. It's 1978, you're in love with another woman -- do you propose? There's no gay marriage, there aren't even commitment ceremonies. I liked reading about women who had to think about that stuff because nobody had been doing what they wanted to do, which is start a life obviously together.
I had never read this early book of Kallmaker's because it was set in the past, but after reading the short story based on these characters in Frosting on the Cake I started to look for it and it was out of print. Now it's back in print and I'm glad! Every gay person should know who Harvey Milk was. Not as a name on a page but how this book let me see him: as a dream of what our future could be, and the hope that he gave two women (and the rest of us) that there would be a better future for gay people.
Considering all that this little romance accomplishes, it's no surprise to me that Kallmaker many years later wrote Substitute for Love, which looks again at the political reality of many gay people. I swear, if the L-Word had this woman writing for them I might start believing their plots!
Rating: 5
Summary: great
Comment: i tend to be bias when it comes to karin kallmaker books. i love them all. this book is no exception. only complaint is that it was too short!
Rating: 3
Summary: My first impressions didn't let me finish the book
Comment: I will admit that I did not finish this book. I couldn't even get past the first chapter! I am a Karin Kallmaker fan and I've enjoyed all her books, but this one really dates itself. Having been an 80's child, I hate everything about the 70's, ESPECIALLY the fashion. And the first outfit she describes Jessica wearing had me cringing. Since I tend to imagine the characters as I read, I was not enjoying the imagery one bit.
The setting and the mindset of the time does not capture my interest at all, and Kallmaker tends to put A LOT of actual events and places into her books. I think it really distracts me from the actual story. I don't live in San Francisco, the city where most of her books take place, so I cannot identify with it. I want to skip all the place/event detail and get on with the personal developments. But since this book has such a heavy emphasis on the time period and everything that was a part of it, I could not bring myself to even get through half the book. Try any of her other books if you hate the 70's too.
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Title: Touchwood by Karin Kallmaker ISBN: 1931513376 Publisher: Bella Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Embrace in Motion by Karin Kallmaker ISBN: 1931513392 Publisher: Bella Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Watermark by Karin Kallmaker ISBN: 1931513384 Publisher: Bella Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Painted Moon by Karin Kallmaker ISBN: 1931513538 Publisher: Bella Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Making Up for Lost Time by Karin Kallmaker ISBN: 1931513619 Publisher: Bella Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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