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    Pulp

    Written by Robin Talley

    Narrated by Stephanie Cannon

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    From the award-winning author Robin Talley comes an inspiring new novel about the power of love to fight prejudice and hate.

    Two women connected across generations through the power of words.

    In 1955 eighteen-year-old Janet Jones must keep the love she shares with her best friend a secret. As in the age of McCarthyism to be gay is to sin. But when Janet discovers a series of books about women falling in love with other women, it awakens something in her. As she juggles a romance she must keep hidden and a new-found ambition to write and publish her own story, she risks exposing herself – and Marie – to a danger all too real.

    Sixty-two years later, Abby Cohen can’t stop thinking about her senior project – classic 1950s lesbian pulp fiction. She feels especially connected to one author, ‘Marian Love’, and becomes determined to track her down and discover her true identity. Is Abby prepared for what she will find?

    A stunning story of bravery, love, how far we’ve come and how much farther we have to go.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateNov 13, 2018
    ISBN9780263931792
    Author

    Robin Talley

    Robin Talley studied literature and communications at American University. She lives in Washington, DC, with her wife, but visits both Boston and New York regularly despite her moral opposition to Massachusetts winters and Times Square. Her first book was 2014's Lies We Tell Ourselves. Visit her online at robintalley.com or on Twitter at @robin_talley.

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    • 4/5
      3.7 for this one. So much to love in this book. The 50s pulp lesbian fiction angle was fascinating. As an older woman, I really enjoyed the 50's love story, as well as the contrast with the greater freedom LGBTQ+ people enjoy nowadays. The MC Abby, was likeable and relateable, which held the experience together for me. The intrigue also kept me going through the over long, over stuffed and overly dramatic bits. Tighter editing would have done wonders for a book with so many great elements already present in it. I certainly will check out something else by this author. I am sure she'll only get better as time goes on.

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    • 3/5
      This dual-timeline YA novel switches between the perspectives of Abby, a high school senior in 2017, and Janet, an eighteen-year-old in 1955. In 1955, Janet and her friend Marie have fallen for each other. When Janet happens upon a lesbian pulp fiction novel, her whole outlook shifts when she realizes that there are others out there "like her," and she resolves to try her hand at writing her own novel. In 2017, Abby also learns about 1950s lesbian pulp fiction, and she (suddenly) decides to write one for her senior-year project.Through the juxtaposition of the two time periods, the author provides a lot of historical context to LGBTQ+ rights, especially in Washington, DC (where both girls live)--I found it really interesting both to learn about the history of queer pulp fiction and to learn about the very real Lavender Scare that accompanied McCarthyism. I found the story pretty predictable, and I didn't love the writing (it felt a little forced and disjointed), but I think that the messages/history are worth it.
    • 2/5
      mature (but still angsty) teen fiction, lesbian pulp fiction writers and fans.
      I got to page 42 but had trouble caring about the characters, esp. the modern-day Abby (who couldn't manage to come up with a senior project topic because she was too preoccupied with her ex-girlfriend who wants to remain best friends).
    • 4/5
      I loved how the author, Robin Talley, worked historical names into the story. As another reviewer pointed out, it is three stories in one book. I read Pulp in the evenings before bed, so every now and then I had to re-read a few pages to remind myself of which characters belong to which storyline. I hope the historical fiction brings a greater understanding to a younger generation of what it was like to live when lesbian women and gay men were treated as mentally ill criminals. Aside from overlooking some of the more annoying traits of the character Abby, it was a wonderful book and fun to read. As I mentioned I recognized a few of the names, I assume as homages to writers and bibliographers. I greatly appreciate the list of resources included at the end of the book.
    • 4/5
      4.5 stars, rounded up.

      I'm still undecided if it's my favorite Talley book so far, but I think this book definitely highlights her capabilities as a writer.

      I'm just gonna do a quick pros/cons breakdown:

      Pros:
      + Talley shows that she has range here, as she has to write essentially 3.5/4 different stories at once.
      + This is more of an "issues" book, like Lies We Tell Ourselves rather than a slice-of-life
      + I think Talley has a great voice for historical fiction, which is on full display here.
      + The characters are all realistic and engaging, though I admit I didn't love Abby.
      + I liked how not everything had a neat/expected ending.

      Cons:
      + To be fair, I can't understand Abby's POV, but at times she came across as very annoying.
      + Janet was more interesting than Abby; I actually would have preferred a Janet-only book.
      + The plot is a little ridiculous/contrived at time in regards to what happened to Janet.
    • 5/5
      Robin Talley has created quite the unique book...or actually three books in one. Abby decided to do her senior project on lesbian pulp fiction of the 1950s. Part of the project is to ultimately write her own genre-defying pulp fiction novel. After reading Women of the Twilight Realm by Marion Love, she becomes obsessed with the book and its author and wants to meet Ms. Love. However, it is the sole novel written by Ms. Love and tracking her down is virtually impossible. The stories in the book include Ms. Love's life, how she came to write the book in the 1950s and how society treated lesbians at that time, Abby's current life and loves and excerpts from both Abby's attempts at writing as well as excepts from Women of the Twilight Realm. Through Women of the Twilight Realm, Ms. Talley has accurately captured the tone and life of the 1950s pulp novels and their characters. By way of impartiing a little history, she also talks of the Lavender Scare, which refers to a witch hunt and the mass firings of homosexuals in the 1950s from the United States government. Gay men and lesbians were said to be security risks and communist sympathizers, which led to the call to remove them from government employment.Pulp is a great read. I hope it gets the readership it deserves as a fun read, as an introduction to the pulp genre and as a history lesson. Good luck Robin.