{"product_id":"lesbian-ex-lovers-1","title":"Lesbian Ex-Lovers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe have earned a certain place in each other’s lives, and in the best of times we can rest on what we have made together.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lesbian Ex-Lovers: The Really Long-Term Relationships examines the need for the development of better understanding and more critical analysis of lesbian ex-lover relationships. This eye-opening look into the minds and hearts of women offers personal insight into the possibilities for and potential pitfalls of lesbian ex-lover relations. This book contains personal stories, fictional accounts, poetry, and theoretical analyses of the frequency and significance of ex-lovers at different stages in a relationship. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Topics of interest in Lesbian Ex-Lovers include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the roles ex-lovers play in our lives \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e ex-lovers as contexts for change and development \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e how we continue to be influenced by ex-lovers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e letting go and moving on \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e ex-lovers as current friends and family \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e themes of betrayal and loss of faith \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e reconstructing friendships and community \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the mystique of the ex-lover \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e friend\/family connections among lesbian ex-lovers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRather than totally scrap a relationship, we recycle itfrom lover to ex-lover to friend in a relatively short half-life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lesbian Ex-Lovers is the only book in print that explores how a lesbian’s ex-lovers impact her subsequent romances and lifestyle. This special collection adds a new dynamic to the current literature for and about the lesbian community. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lesbian Ex-Lovers offers advice, anecdotes, and interpretations from such authors, poetesses, and artists as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Michelle Gibson, PhDeducator and editor of \u003ci\u003eFemme\/Butch: New Considerations of the Way We Want to Go\u003c\/i\u003e who says goodbye to her lover in a sad, passionate elegy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Marny HallPsychotherapist, editor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eSexualities\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Lavender Couch: A Consumer’s Guide to Psychotherapy for Lesbians and Gay Men\u003c\/i\u003ewho muses on the unique bonding between lesbians and their ex-lovers, lending a mystique that surrounds the lesbian lifestyle \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Alison Bechdelcreator of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out Forwho presents a humorous comic strip thanking her former lovers for teaching her about herself \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Jane Futchernewspaper reporter and author of three novelswho uses a chapter in her novel to illustrate the tensions that can occur when ex-lovers choose to remain friends, especially when those bonds provoke jealousy in both current and ex-lovers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Renny Christophereducator and award-winning poetesswho expresses her love, loss, and regret in three poems about her ex-lover \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e and much more! \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262326886744,"sku":"9781560232834","price":65.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781560232834.jpg?v=1779424262","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/lesbian-ex-lovers-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}