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The Price of Salt

by Patricia Highsmith

Love beyond prescribed roles

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Love beyond prescribed roles

Set against the constraints of mid-century domestic life, Patricia Highsmith’s novel brings together Therese, a young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker facing a bitter divorce. Their road journey gives the story a setting in which the women can step outside their familiar routines, while Carol’s responsibilities as a mother place pressure on the relationship. First published in 1952, the novel is identified in the source as an early work of lesbian fiction that gives its central women fully realized lives beyond stereotypes.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in lesbian fiction and LGBTQ+ literary history.
  • Readers drawn to romances shaped by social constraints and competing personal responsibilities.

Themes

Lesbian loveSocial constraintDomestic rolesMotherhood and personal choice

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Book overview

A chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic. Therese, a struggling young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker in the midst of a bitter divorce, abandon their oppressive daily routines for the freedom of the open road, where their love can blossom. But their newly discovered bliss is shattered when Carol is forced to choose between her child and her lover.

 

Originally published in 1952, The Price of Salt was heralded as "the novel of a love society forbids." Highsmith's sensitive treatment of fully realized characters who defy stereotypes about homosexuality marks a departure from previous lesbian pulp fiction.

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