Thank You For Calling the Lesbian Line by Elizabeth Lovatt
A brilliantly original exploration of queer history based on call logs from a 90s lesbian phone helpline
Compelling, funny, intelligent. . Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line is a remarkable piece of work . . . A gift for those of us who have lived in our queer skins for many decades, and for young lesbians who are looking for a primer in lesbian history, an understanding of what it means to look for identity and place in our community. -- Kerry Hudson * Observer *
A triumph . . . The book I wish I'd read as a young queer person. Intricately woven together, it is overflowing with empathy, warmth and tenderness. Elizabeth Lovatt is a wonder and she's recorded something deeply compelling and incandescent. You will laugh. You will cry. This is utterly essential queer reading. -- Lucy Rose, author of THE LAMB
Deliciously informative and rigorously researched, this book imagines the often invisible lives and denied passions of callers to the Lesbian Line, as well as tracing the author's own coming out story. I loved it. -- Julia Bell, author of DIRTY WORK
It would be hard not to love a book with this title and happily, Elizabeth Lovatt has done it proud . . . This is a warm, thoughtful book. * London Standard *
A triumph . . . The book I wish I'd read as a young queer person. Intricately woven together, it is overflowing with empathy, warmth and tenderness. Elizabeth Lovatt is a wonder and she's recorded something deeply compelling and incandescent. You will laugh. You will cry. This is utterly essential queer reading. -- Lucy Rose, author of THE LAMB
Deliciously informative and rigorously researched, this book imagines the often invisible lives and denied passions of callers to the Lesbian Line, as well as tracing the author's own coming out story. I loved it. -- Julia Bell, author of DIRTY WORK
It would be hard not to love a book with this title and happily, Elizabeth Lovatt has done it proud . . . This is a warm, thoughtful book. * London Standard *
Elizabeth Lovatt is a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction currently living in London. In 2019, she was writer-in-residence for Islington Pride and the ruckus! archive. In 2020, she was part of Penguin Books' #WriteNow mentorship scheme. She has an MA in Creative and Critical Writing from Birkbeck and her dissertation was awarded the Lynne Segal BiGS Prize in Gender and Sexuality.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349704616 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349704619 |
| Title | Thank You For Calling the Lesbian Line |
| Author | Elizabeth Lovatt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Dialogue |
| Year published | 2025-02-06 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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