Author: Mary Renault
Publisher: Popular Library 445-03077
Year: 1972 Print: 1 Cover Price: $1.50
Condition: Book Grades Good Plus. Cover crease
Genre: Fiction/Romance
Pages: 288

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A houseboat on the Thames in the dazzling 1930s. It's about girlfriends, sisters, love, and turbulent life. Mary Renault's irresistibly entertaining story tells of life plans beyond stereotypes and conventions. "Friendly Young Ladies" is a charming and intelligent novel about men, women, and freedom—a rediscovery of a special kind. Elsie is sheltered and naive—and she's unhappy. Her parents and the gloomy Cornish village practically suffocate the seventeen-year-old, so it's no surprise that she falls for the first presentable man she sees, Peter. The London doctor advises her to run away from home and go to London to live with her sister Leonora. There, Elsie is not surprised: Leo lives on a houseboat on the Thames and writes westerns to earn a living. And she shares a boat and a bed with a woman. When Peter comes to visit the boat and lets his attention wander from one friendly young lady to the next, it has surprising consequences for everyone... Finally on Mary Renault's novel is a modern classic and an early example of literature with LGBTQ themes.