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In a well-to-do Trinidadian family, a father and his daughter struggle to find their true identities, both as individuals and as members of a tightly structured, traditional household. A story about the complex interaction of race, gender, class and sexuality.

Two women meet and fall in love in Reno, Nevada. This classic of lesbian eroticism is Jane Rule's first novel.

"In 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."

The story of Rose and Ruby Darlen, conjoined twins born in a rural farming community in 1974. To some they are freaks, monsters or witches. But to most in small-town Leaford, they are just "The Girls".