The Education of Harriet Hatfield

May Sarton
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When Harriet Hatfield opens a bookstore for women in a blue-collar neighborhood near Boston, she is bombarded by anonymous threats. And when The Boston Globe reports "Lesbian Bookstore Owner Threatened", her education in the narrow-mindedness of her fellow man—and woman—begins.
Genres: FictionLGBTQueerBanned BooksFeminismGayBooks About BooksNovelsLesbian FictionLesbian
324 Pages

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