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Professor Godfrey St. Peter is a man in his fifties who has devoted his life to his work, his wife, his garden and his daughters, and achieved success with all of them. But when St. Peter is called on to move to a new, more comortable house, something in him rebels. And although at first theat rebellion consists of nothing more than mild resistance to his family's wishes, it imperceptibly comes to encompass the entire order of his life.

The story of the Shakers, a religious sect in New England whose members believed in Christ's second coming. It is presented in the form of stories which a father tells his son, the father having spent years photographing the surviving members.

A novel on the golden age of homosexuality, after it became an accepted state and before aids put a dampener. The action follows for one day a variety of gays in 1981 Los Angeles, including an old man envious of the freedom enjoyed by the younger generation. By the author of City of Night.

An account of the life and times of Dorothy Gael with, along the way, details about Judy Garland's stunted childhood and unhappy fame and her definitive role as Dorthy in L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz.

Alex has always wanted to help people, so when he finds a scared, homeless child, he doesn't hesitate to take 'Socks' to the shelter where he works, Trinity House. Over the course of four years, a chance meeting turns into friendship. When Socks turns eighteen, they're excited, because it means they can move in with Alex--until Alex rejects them, and Socks realizes an affection they thought mutual was only ever one-sided. Years later, Socks has become...

A novel on Olivia, a lesbian alcoholic, as she goes from one lover to another, always reverting to her favorite, "the seductive woman in green," as she calls the bottle. The novel follows her quest for sobriety and self-respect.