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What do you do when the only man in your life is the one you must escape? Ann Bannon's I Am a Woman follows Laura Landon, who leaves her father's Chicago home and takes a train to New York in January. She wants a job, a room and a friend or two. She finds a bright roommate with golden hair, and a Greenwich Village world she has tried hard to avoid. This novel from the 1950s opens with the harsh father she leaves behind in Chicago.
In questo riassunto
- 1A daughter runs from her father's houseFree
- 2A job and a penthouse give her a footing
- 3Marcie and Burr fight, and Laura watches
- 4Jack Mann sees her secret and offers friendship
- 5Beebo Brinker enters and will not leave her alone
- 6Her father arrives in New York
- 7Burr's jealousy and Laura's hopes
- 8What the novel is about
- 9How the book is told
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A daughter runs from her father's house
Laura Landon leaves Chicago one rainy night while her father, the newspaper man Merrill Landon, is out at a dinner. She tells him nothing, because she fears his sarcasm and rage.
The book shows how he rules her. He says he saved her, and he never lets her forget it. Behind it sits a second secret, a ghost at college that she will not name.
So she arrives in New York wanting one thing: to earn her own way. That wish drives everything she does next, and it sets the weight of the whole story.
That’s 1 of 9 key points.
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Questions about Sono una donna
What is I Am a Woman about?
It follows Laura Landon, who leaves her controlling father in Chicago and moves to New York. There she finds work, a roommate she falls for, and a Greenwich Village world of friends, bars and new love.
Who is Beebo Brinker?
Beebo is a handsome, boyish Village girl who works an elevator and drinks at The Cellar. She is blunt and teasing, and she falls for Laura against her better judgment.
Is I Am a Woman part of a series?
Yes. It is the second of Ann Bannon's Beebo Brinker Chronicles, following Odd Girl Out. Laura's past with Beth is referred to throughout, and the story reads clearly on its own.
When was I Am a Woman written and what makes it important?
Bannon wrote it in the 1950s, when few books told lesbian stories. It is a pulp novel that gave readers characters, bars and feelings they recognized, and it is valued for its warmth.
Is I Am a Woman easy to read?
It moves at a lively pace, with short chapters, sharp dialogue and strong scenes. The close view of Laura makes her thoughts easy to follow.