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Lynne Reid Banks
The L-shaped room

LondonLesbians

The L-shaped room

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First published: 1960
Editions: 17 in 2 languages

Synopsis

Jane is unmarried and pregnant when she is turned out by her father. She moves into a room at the top of a squalid house. She cares nothing for it, or for her neighbours. But it is these neighbours that draw her back into life - Toby, a Jewish writer, John, a jazz player, and even her landlady.

The first book of a trilogy.

Subjects: London
Lesbians
Single mothers
Unmarried mothers
Nineteen fifties
Set in: England
London
Time: 1950s

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Editions

17 in 2 languages

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