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Title: Odd Girl Out
Subtitle: The Beebo Brinker Chronicles
Author: Ann Bannon
Narrator: Kate Rudd
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-21-11
Publisher: Cleis Press
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 51 votes
Genres: Fiction, Gay & Lesbian
Publisher's Summary:
She was the brain, the sparkle, the gay rebel of the sorority, and wonder of wonders, she chose Laura as her roommate. That was how it began. Suddenly they were alone on an island of forbidden bliss. Here is the first novel in the Beebo Brinker Chronicles, the classic 1950s love stories from the queen of lesbian fiction. "Odd Girl Out begins the saga of Laura, off on her own at college, appallingly shy and terminally polite. Laura meets Beth, whose brash straightforwardness and friendly attitude take the younger woman by storm, leading into an equally stormy affair."
Metro Times
Critic Reviews:
"For contemporary readers the books offer a valuable record of gay and lesbian life in the 1950s. Most are set in Greenwich Village, and Ms. Bannon's descriptions of bars, clubs and apartment parties vividly evoke a vanished community. Her characters also have historical value. Whereas most lesbians in pulp are stereotypes who get punished for their desires, Beebo and her friends are accessibly human. Their struggles with love and relationships are engrossing today, and half a century ago they were revolutionary." (New York Times)
"Little did Bannon know that her stories would become legends, inspiring countless fledgling dykes to flock to the Village, dog-eared copies of her books in hand, to find their own Beebos and Lauras and others who shared the love they dared not name." (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
Members Reviews:
Odd Girl in
Laura is a young lass at collage where she meets the lovely Beth feelings and a few other things are explored but I wont spoil it for you ,this was written in the fifty's by the brilliant Ann Bannon who also introduces the book,some how make's it timeless, maybe it's just love and broken hearts that are timeless ( sigh ) . It is a time warp and I enjoyed it thoroughly .
A fling or away of life?
Compleat characters and a compelling story with a thoughtful conclusion. I would recomend this book.
Good story for a 50's pulp novel.
What did you love best about Odd Girl Out?
Spoil Alert***********************That Laura declares loud and proud that she is "Queer" and leaves for New York without Beth, That Laura says to 1950's society, you be damn, I can never marry a man, be with a man, I there for must leave this farce and make my way as best as I can no matter what my family thinks, what society thinks, what lumps society hands ,me I must be true to myself. OK so it was a little Payton Place story and Beth stays for Charlie, but Laura had the gut to know enough to leave.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Laura, she come off as child like at first, but as the story goes along you find out she is the strong one in the story. I liked her best.
What about Kate Rudds performance did you like?
Good tone, good inflection, Good dramatic pauses, Just good over all reading of the book. And a pleasant voice.
If you could rename Odd Girl Out, what would you call it?
The old story, He gets her in the end.
Any additional comments?
I got so tried of lesbian stories written before 1975 that either end with one of the woman in the arms of a man, or with the one of the woman killing themselves or both. It's like you can't have a happy lesbian while one girl does end up in the arms of a guy, the other isn't suicidal in fact you kind of feel hopeful Hopeful for her.