num_pages: 200
description: A proud working class woman, an "out" lesbian long before the Rainbow revolution, Joan Nestle has stood at the forefront of American freedom struggles from the McCarthy era to the present day. Available for the first time in years, this revised classic collection of personal essays offers an intimate account of the lesbian, feminist, and civil rights movements.
language: English
title: A Restricted Country
titlecomplete: A Restricted Country
genres: Biography, Queer, LGBT, Lesbian, Nonfiction, Memoir, Essays, Feminism, Gender and Sexuality, History
ratings_count: 362
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Stonewall Book Award
publisher: Cleis Press