Brave Smiles

In Brave smiles ...another Lesbian tragedy master satirists the Five Lesbian Brothers turn their merciless eyes on the history of lesbians in theater film and literature. From their dismal yet erotically charged beginnings at the orphanage under the grip of a sadistic headmistress our five heroines cross continents and a century to face their absurdly tragic ends. Along the way they experience alcoholism suicide loneliness pill popping blacklisting and a malignant brain tumor. Students of the lesbian art of misery will recognize gleeful skewerings of The Well of Loneliness The Group Maedchen in Uniform and The Children's Hour in this rollicking hilarious and smart multicharacter classic--P. [4] of cover.