Contract with the WorldIn Contract with the World, the setting is Vancouver, and the time is the mid-1970s. Told from six different characters' points of view, the novel describes the intersection between artistic motivation, personal fulfillment, and sexual politics. A portrait painter, a sculptor, a sound musician, a would-be writer ? these characters make choices, as Rule's title suggests, that sometimes leave others out in the cold, and sometimes provide a welcoming embrace.Keywords: FICTION

Contract With the World

Rule, Jane

Naiad

Grace is a junior at Immaculate Blessing Academy for Girls. She deeply admires young, fervently devout Sister Mary Alice. Her best friend is Anne, who wonders how far she should go with her boyfriend. Grace is dating Glenn. Then she meets the rebellious, sensuous Meg.

Benediction

Literature & Fiction

Salvatore, Diane

United States

When Holly's best friend Tori takes her to a dance for lesbians only, she realizes that Tori is gently trying to push her out of the closet. While it is true that Holly had been trying to come to terms with her growing attraction toward women, no one expected Holly to take one look at the mysterious Reyna and fall hopelessly in lust. Unable to resist the purely physical appeal of Reyna's sensuous demands, Holly quickly succumbs to Reyna's declicious seduction. After a night of delirious passion, Reyna gives Holly a long kiss and a single rule: "Call whenever you want me to make love to you. There can be nothing else." 
Although sexually fulfilled for the first time in her life, Holly soon realizes that pleasure without emotion is no substitute for love -- a love she knows she and Reyna could share. Knowing too well the high cost of living in shadows and denial, Holly risks everything and sets out to pierce the deep shroud of mystery surrounding the woman she has come to love.

Substitute for Love

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Kallmaker, Karin

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