Gemini/The Marriage Book

Two Great Women Writers of the '50s, on the Most Forbidden Theme! Gemini, by the rediscovered Theodora Keogh: Arabella and Daniel were wild and free creatures of nature who lived in a strange world of their own making. Neither of them were aware until too late of the intoxicating, inextricable desire they felt for one another. Neither of them were aware until too late that their relationship, with its unnatural compulsions and intensity, could only lead to jealousy, and through jealousy, to murder! Theodora Keogh, authoress of the Double Door, has written a truly beautiful and deeply disturbing study of brother and sister love. In Gemini, she reveals her talent for the tender as well as the grotesque. The Marriage, by Beebo Brinker creator Ann Bannon: Page and Sunny were young, in love and married. Sunny found life blissful with her husband; Page saw his career as a writer in NY begin to take off. A baby was on the way. The pair agreed that life together, with someone so appealing, was as good as it could be. Then word came down that Page, who'd been adopted, was born Roger, older brother of Sunny. Laura and Jack, the gay couple from Bannon's Brinker series, introduce this tale, at times playing key roles.Read More