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Cool for You

by Eileen Myles · 2000

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Grainy and stripped, this gritty novel traces the downbeat progress of a Catholic, working-class lesbian coming of age in Boston. The New York Times Book Reviewsaid the author has "an exquisite sense of the borderline where people hide or are transformed according to luck or will—undramatically rich writing." Dorothy Allison said, "Eileen Myles is a genius!"

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LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thislesbianlesbianMore like thisLess of thisgaygayMore like thisLess of this
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LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of thisclassclassMore like thisLess of thisgendergenderMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisBostonBostonMore like thisLess of this
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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
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medium · 200 pages
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