Audiobook

I am a Woman

Ann Bannon

Laura Landon has had enough. Enough painful reminders of a first love lost, enough degradation at the hands of a cruel father, and enough of living by his command. So, it's Goodbye Chicago, Hello New York! Laura discovers that finding a decent job and a livable apartment in the Big Apple might have been the easy part; compared to keeping her growing desire for her beautiful new roommate under control. Fortunately, she discovers an unexpected kindred spirit in a new acquaintance who takes her under his wing. Together they take refuge and comfort in the companionship that can be found in Greenwich Village. "Home was a dimly lit and badly ventilated bar on a back street in Greenwich Village. She understood the language there, she understood the customs. Only forbidden desires were recognized and love rarely lasted more than a night. The tormented and lost women met there, and Laura, slim and boyish, found happiness for the first time in her life." Ann Bannon, I Am a Woman (New York City: Gold Medal Books, 1959), back cover. (Summary written by K.B. Ripley, with the addition of a back cover quote from the 1959 printing)