THE DESERT OF THE HEART by JANE RULE First U. S Edition, 1964 hardcover Lesbian

  

The Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule Published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland & New York, 1964. Cloth hardcover light scuffing light toning to front and rear blank endpaper else good in dust jacket with small edge tears and wear else fully intact with price still present front flap; photo of a young Jane Rule rear of jacket. Desert of the Heart is a 1964 novel written by Jane Rule. The story was adapted into the 1985 film Desert Hearts, directed by Donna Deitch.

The book was originally published in hardback by Macmillan Canada. It was one of the very few novels addressing lesbianism that was published in hardback form; most books during this period with female homosexuality as a topic were considered lesbian pulp fiction until 1969.