By Cécile

A coming of age novel set in post-war France by an author who “ launched the modern genre of the lesbian paperback” (Susan Stryker, author of Queer Pulp ).   When eighteen-year-old Cécile is orphaned at the end of World War II, the curious and adventurous Catholic student finds refuge in Paris, and with an older man. A former member of the Resistance with Cécile’s parents, Maurice is handsome, a thrilling cultured patron of the arts, and a mentor eager to introduce the budding young author