Patience and Sarah

Patience and Sarah by Miller, Isabel. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780070420359.

Set in the nineteenth century, Isabel Millers classic lesbian novel traces the relationship between Patience White, an educated painter, and Sarah Dowling, a farmer, whose romantic bond does not sit well with the puritanical New England farming community in which they live. Ultimately, they are forced to make life-changing decisions that depend on their courage and their commitment to one another.First self-published in 1969 in an edition of 1,000 copies, it garnered increasing attention to the point of receiving the American Library Associations first Gay Book Award. Patience & Sarah is a historical romance that was a touchstone for the burgeoning gay and womens activism of the late 1960s and early 1970; it celebrates the joys of an uninhibited love between two strong women with a confident defiance that remains relevant today.