Set in the late 1950s, this is the story of Evelyn Hall, an English Professor, who goes to Reno to obtain a divorce and put an end to her disastrous 16-year marriage. While staying at a boarding house to establish her six-week residency requirement she meets Ann Childs, a casino worker and fifteen years her junior. Physically, they are remarkably alike and eventually have an affair and begin the struggle to figure out just how a relationship between two women can last.
Desert of the Heart examines the conflict between convention and freedom and the ways in which the characters try to resolve the conflict
- ISBN10 159493035X
- ISBN13 9781594930355
- Publish Date 1 July 2005 (first published 31 December 1964)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Bella Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 216
- Language English