{"product_id":"b01f1g67ok","title":"The Gilda Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Gilda Stories  is groundbreaking not just for the wild lives it portrays, but for how it portrays them - communally, unapologetically, roaming fiercely over space and time. (Emma Donoghue, author of  Room )\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJewelle Gomez sees right into the heart. This is a book to give to those you want most to find their own strength. (Dorothy Allison)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable novel begins in 1850s Louisiana, where Gilda escapes slavery and learns about freedom while working in a brothel. After being initiated into eternal life as one who shares the blood by two women there, Gilda spends the next 200 years searching for a place to call home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn instant lesbian classic when it was first published in 1991,  The Gilda Stories  has endured as an auspiciously prescient book in its explorations of blackness, radical ecology, re-definitions of family, and yes, the erotic potential of the vampire story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52838009962712,"sku":"YSL68348","price":6.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/91gl-MpKEcL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793283924","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b01f1g67ok","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}