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Book Synopsis'How had the pair of elderly Jewish lesbians survived the Nazis?' The author asks at the beginning of this work of literary biography and investigative journalism. The pair, of course, is Gertrude Stein, the modernist master and Alice B Toklas, the 'worker bee' who ministered to Stein's needs throughout their forty-year expatriate 'marriage'.
Trade ReviewListed as #5 on the Editors' top 10 list in Biography and #4 in Gay & Lesbian for 2007 by amazon.com
Named one of the 100 Notable Book of 2007 by
The New York Times Book ReviewListed as one of the 2007 Biography 'Books We Liked Best' by the
Christian Science MonitorSelected as a Best Book of 2007 by
Entertainment WeeklyA 2007 Top Seller in Literature as compiled by YBP Library Services