WINNER of the 2024 LAMBDA Literary award for Best Lesbian Memoir/Biography!

Lesbian Love Story is a genre-defying history of sapphic romance like no other. On her quest to discovering lesbian role models from the past, Amelia Possanza uncovers seven incredible love stories in the archives. Expertly blending her subjects' own words with richly imagined and vigorously researched moments from recorded archives and other fragments, Possanza weaves together a vivid narrative around the construction of lesbianism. She takes us with her as she uncovers each lesbian's story, yearning and longing alongside them and growing into her own queerness.

This is a celebration of women who love women - sapphic - and a tribute to those who have long existed outside of traditional notions of sexuality and gender, breaking the constraints of heteronormativity. Each of these lesbians included in this collection moved through the world in her own way and helped the world. Their stories illuminate a forgotten and demonized history and show us a new way to understand what love means when there is nothing material to be gained.

Pages: 288, Dimensions: 16.2x16.2cm