Atmospheric fifties New York lesbian love story.
"Carol" offers more than a tale of forbidden love; it's a voyage into 1950s New York, where social norms are challenged by the undeniable bond between two women from different worlds. Patricia Highsmith masterfully invites you to walk the tightrope between society's expectations and the pursuit of personal happiness. This book might change your perspective on love and its power to transcend the ordinary.
ISBN: 9781408808979
Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Date of Publication: 2010-01-01
Format: Paperback
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Goodreads rating: 4.02
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Description
Therese is just an ordinary sales assistant working in a New York department store when a beautiful, alluring woman in her thirties walks up to her counter. Standing there, Therese is wholly unprepared for the first shock of love. Therese is an awkward nineteen-year-old with a job she hates and a boyfriend she doesn't love; Carol is a sophisticated, bored suburban housewife in the throes of a divorce and a custody battle for her only daughter. As Therese becomes irresistibly drawn into Carol's world, she soon realizes how much they both stand to lose...First published pseudonymously in 1952 as The Price of Salt, Carol is a hauntingly atmospheric love story set against the backdrop of fifties' New York.
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