Set in the late 1950s, this is the story of Evelyn Hall, an English Professor, who goes to Reno to obtain a divorce and put an end to her disastrous 16-year marriage. While staying at a boarding house to establish her six-week residency requirement she meets Ann Childs, a casino worker and fifteen years her junior. Physically, they are remarkably alike and eventually have an affair and begin the struggle to figure out just how a relationship between two women can last.
Desert of the Heart examines the conflict between convention and freedom and the ways in which the characters try to resolve the conflict
| ISBN: | 9781844086788 |
| Publication date: | 7th October 2010 |
| Author: | Jane Rule |
| Publisher: | Virago an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 242 pages |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Classic fiction: general and literary Modern and Contemporary romance Historical Fiction Romance / Relationship Stories |