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After Delores

by Sarah Schulman

FictionLesbiansFiction, lesbianNew york (n.y.), fictionLGBTQ novelsStonewall Book AwardsNew York Times reviewedFiction, lgbtq+, lesbian

Sarah Schulman's acclaimed 1988 novel is a noirish tale about a no-nonsense coffee-shop waitress in New York who is nursing a broken heart after her girlfriend Dolores leaves her; her attempts to find love again are funny, sexy, and ultimately even violent. After Delores is a fast-paced, electrifying chronicle of the Lower East Side's lesbian subculture in the 1980s.

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Book data: Open Library