02279cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000240011324500250013726400510016230000470021333600260026033700260028633800360031250000870034850000310043550801050046652012230057153400540179465300240184865300500187285600430192277570UtSlPG20260610134810.0mcr n260607r20251959utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aBannon, Ann,d1932-10aWomen in the shadows 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Shadows  aRelease date is 2025-12-30  aAdam Buchbinder, Jens Sadowski, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net  aWomen in the Shadows is a lesbian pulp fiction novel written in 1959 by Ann Bannon (pseudonym of Ann Weldy). It is the third in a series of pulp fiction novels that eventually came to be known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. It was originally published in 1959 by Gold Medal Books, again in 1983 by Naiad Press, and again in 2002 by Cleis Press. Each edition was adorned with a different cover.
This book proved to be Bannon's most controversial and unpopular of the series, blurring lines between heroes and villains, especially on the tail of the triumphant and groundbreaking end of I Am a Woman. Bannon stated that the subject matter paralleled Bannon's own frustrations in her marriage. The content also focused on then-whispered of topics such as interracial relationships, domestic violence, and self-loathing in matters of race and sexuality.
As Bannon explained in the 2001 edition forward of the first book in the series, Odd Girl Out, Gold Medal Books publishers had control over the cover art and the title. Bannon's publisher titled the book. Lesbian pulp fiction books usually showed suggestive art with obscure titles that hinted at what the subject matter was inside. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: Arno Press, 1959  aLesbians -- Fiction  aGreenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77570