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Title: Beebo Brinker

Author: Ann Bannon

Narrator: Kate Rudd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-24-11

Publisher: Cleis Press

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Erotica & Sexuality, Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

Ann Bannon was designated the Queen of Lesbian Pulp for authoring several landmark novels in the 50s. Unlike many writers of the period, however, Bannon broke through the shame and isolation typically portrayed in lesbian pulps, offering instead characters who embraced their sexuality. With Beebo Brinker, Bannon introduces a butch 17-year-old farm girl newly arrived in Beat-era Greenwich Village.

Critic Reviews:

"The eponymous protagonist is sent packing from her stodgy Wisconsin home after wearing drag to the state fair. She relocates to Greenwich Village, New York's capital of the avant-garde, where she is free to pursue 'love that smolders in the shadows of the twilight world'. This is more kitschy now but still fun for its 1950s sensibilities." (Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

It's a BEEBO !

This is a prequel and I stupidly read it first not knowing but what can you do ,if you read the other books first you would all ready be introduced to Miss Brinker but if like me you go here first this introduces you to a young lesbian running away from her past and into the Village a Lesbo Mecca there she meet's the great Jack Mann a Homosexual who take's her in and teaches her about her new world .

This was written in the fifty's it's not just set there, the language and the opinions reflect that fact something of which I found quite fascinating ,Ann Bannon the writer give's an intro and I enjoyed that as much as the book it's self ,also I would like to give a nod to the narrator outstanding.

Last in the Beebo Brinker series, a prequel.

This, the last book of the Beebo Brinker chronicles is really a prequel showing us the influences that shaped Beebo Brinker before the events of the first four novels. Here we see the life of a butch, a woman with boyish features who wants to dress like a boy. In later years she might have considered herself a transgender person. In the 1950s such a boyish looking woman would have been considered a freak. She came to New York City at age 18 having run away from a Wisconsin small town. She meets Jack, who is introduced in this book as well as being around age 33, having served as a paramedic in the military during WWII. Beebo comes under Jacks protection as she gets her first lessons in relationships with a woman. Its also very compelling.

Interesting glimpse into a life

Not a book I would normally go for, but a very enjoyable read. Believable characters and a good narrative.