Despised and Rejected femmes 'A gorgeous and thrilling paean

'A gorgeous and thrilling paean to the ferocious power of women' Laini Taylor

queerness and sex' New York Times

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Becky now lives with her family in Atlanta

Despised and Rejected femmes 'A gorgeous and thrilling paeanThis novel, written by Rose Allatini under the pseudonym A. T. Fitzroy, is a landmark in gay and lesbian literature, and in the literature of pacifism. It was unavailable to readers for more than half of the 20th century: the British government seized the unsold copies in 1918 and arrested and prosecuted author Allatini and publisher C. W. Daniel under the Defence of the Realm Act. This was a dangerous book on several counts. Although the author was