num_pages: 320
description: When seventeen-year-old Elsie runs away from home, she seeks out her older sister Leo, only to find Leo sharing a houseboat, and a bed, with the beautiful, fair-haired Helen. When Elsie decides to stay for a bit, she turns Helen and Leo's lifestyle upside down. An enchanting portrait of Bohemian life in 1930s London, this delightfully provocative romantic comedy was written in 1943 in opposition to the despair characteristic of Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness or Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour.
language: English
title: The Friendly Young Ladies
titlecomplete: The Friendly Young Ladies
genres: Historical, Classics, Queer, Literary Fiction, LGBT, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, British Literature
ratings_count: 489
publisher: Little, Brown Book Group