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'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'.

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Listed 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 Review



Listed as one of the 2007 Biography 'Books We Liked Best' by the Christian Science Monitor

Selected as a Best Book of 2007 by Entertainment Weekly

A 2007 Top Seller in Literature as compiled by YBP Library Services


Two Lives

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      Publisher: Yale University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/09/2008
      ISBN13: 9780300143102, 978-0300143102
      ISBN10: 0300143109

      Description

      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 Review
      Listed 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 Review



      Listed as one of the 2007 Biography 'Books We Liked Best' by the Christian Science Monitor

      Selected as a Best Book of 2007 by Entertainment Weekly

      A 2007 Top Seller in Literature as compiled by YBP Library Services


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