Following hard on the heels of the newly re-published Beebo Brinker, Ann Bannon's very first novel (from 1957) is back in print too. "Odd girl out begins the saga of Laura, off on her own at college, appallingly shy and terminally polite... Laura meets Beth, whose  ...

In the 1950s, Ann Bannon broke through the shame and isolation typically portrayed in lesbian pulps, offering instead women characters who embraced their sexuality.