THE SHORT YEAR

by Barbra Ward ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 4, 1967

This was the year that beautiful, nineteen-year-old Pembroke Miller lost herself along the more twisted by-ways of Greenwich Village. Miss Ward manages to sustain an element of poignancy in this tale of a young hopeful bohemian who intends to be a writer and desperately needs to be free. Pembroke goes through a cliche cast of characters...an artist...a Negro musician...a slightly perverted older man until she inevitably meets the girl...Marcelle, lovely, young, artistic, sensitive. What starts as a platonic friendship: ""We both need someone we can relax with,"" soon becomes an affair. For Marcelle it also becomes love but Pembroke is incapable of sustaining a relationship. There are some touching scenes: the confrontation with Pembroke's parents, a visit to a lesbian bar where Pembroke tries to force Marcelle into seeing what they are becoming. And the break up. An intimate, sensitive look at the problems of homosexuality that will find a special audience.

Pub Date: Oct. 4, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Putnam

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION