{"product_id":"naked-in-the-promised-land-a-memoir","title":"Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eLillian Faderman's memoir, Naked in the Promised Land, tells the story of her life as a Jewish woman who left Latvia to seek a better life in America, where she became a pioneering gay and lesbian scholar. Born in poverty, she worked as a pin-up model and burlesque dancer to pay her way through college, where she became a brilliant student and a loving partner and mother. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 480 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 06 February 2020\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis modern classic of LGBT writing includes an introduction from Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties, and a new afterword from Lillian Faderman. Born in 1940, Lillian Faderman is the only child of an uneducated and unmarried Jewish woman who left Latvia to seek a better life in America. Lillian grew up in poverty, but fantasized about becoming an actress. When her dreams led to the dangerous, seductive world of the sex trade and sham marriages in Hollywood of the 1950s, she realized she was attracted to women, and that show business is as cruel as they say. Desperately seeking to make her life meaningful, she studied at Berkeley; paying her way by working as a pin-up model and burlesque dancer, hiding her lesbian affairs from the outside world. At last, she became a brilliant student and the woman who became a loving partner, a devoted mother, an acclaimed writer, and a groundbreaking pioneer of gay and lesbian scholarship. Told with wrenching immediacy and great power, Naked in the Promised Land is the story of an exceptional woman and her remarkable, unconventional life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis modern classic of LGBT writing includes an introduction from Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties, and a new afterword from Lillian Faderman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1940, Lillian Faderman is the only child of an uneducated and unmarried Jewish woman who left Latvia to seek a better life in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLillian grew up in poverty, but fantasized about becoming an actress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her dreams led to the dangerous, seductive world of the sex trade and sham marriages in Hollywood of the 1950s, she realized she was attracted to women, and that show business is as cruel as they say.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesperately seeking to make her life meaningful, she studied at Berkeley; paying her way by working as a pin-up model and burlesque dancer, hiding her lesbian affairs from the outside world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt last, she became a brilliant student and the woman who became a loving partner, a devoted mother, an acclaimed writer, and a groundbreaking pioneer of gay and lesbian scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with wrenching immediacy and great power, Naked in the Promised Land is the story of an exceptional woman and her remarkable, unconventional life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 340g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 205 x 132 x 31 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781448217533                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lillian Faderman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44094371201274,"sku":"9781448217533","price":7.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/93c5e91c5fd760cb37d93de79c9e927f.jpg?v=1626756106","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/naked-in-the-promised-land-a-memoir","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}