Desert of the Heart
$22.56
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2026
Summary
This was the freedom she wanted, an animal freedom exposed to the emptiness of sky and land and water. As she stepped forward, Ann flipped into the water and was gone.
Evelyn Hall, running from her disastrous marriage of sixteen years, arrives in the neon-lit desert heat of 1950s Reno - the only place in America where she can apply for a quick divorce. Arriving at her guesthouse she meets free-spirited Ann Childs, a casino ‘change girl’ fifteen years her younger. Overwhelmed by both t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349020877 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349020876 |
| Author: | Jane Rule, Jackie Kay |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Jane Rule
Jane Rule (1931-2007) was the author of several novels and essay collections, including the groundbreaking lesbian love story Desert of the Heart (1964), which was made into the feature film Desert Hearts. She was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2007. Born in New Jersey, Rule moved to Canada in 1956, and lived on Galiano Island, British Columbia, until her death at the age of seventy-six.
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