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Beowulf for Cretins: A Love Story
Contributor(s): McMan, Ann (Author)
ISBN: 1612941176     ISBN-13: 9781612941172
Publisher: Bywater Books
OUR PRICE:   $15.26  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Humorous - General
- Fiction | Romance - Contemporary
- Fiction | Romance - Lgbt - Lesbian
Dewey: 813.6
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.76 lbs) 274 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Lesbian
 
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Publisher Description:

Beowulf for Cretins: A Love Story was awarded the 2019 Lambda Literary Award in the Lesbian Romance category.

English professor and aspiring novelist, Grace Warner spends her days teaching four sections of Beowulf for Cretins to bored and disinterested students at one of New England's "hidden ivy" colleges. Not long after she is dumped by her longtime girlfriend, Grace meets the engaging and mysterious Abbie on a cross-country flight. Sparks fly on and off the plane as the two strangers give in to one night of reckless passion with no strings attached, and no contact information exchanged.

Back home at St. Albans, the college rocks Grace's world when it announces the appointment of a new president, the first woman in its 165-year history. Cue Abbie--and cue Grace's collision course with a neurotic dog named Grendel, a fractious rival for tenure, and a woman called Ochre, in what very well might be Grace's last real shot at happiness.

This full-length novel reimagines and expands on the short story, "Falling From Grace," which was originally published in the award-winning story collection, Sidecar by Ann McMan.


Contributor Bio(s): McMan, Ann: - ANN McMAN is the author of eight novels and two short story collections. She is a two-time Lambda Literary Award finalist, a two-time Independent Publisher (IPPY) medalist, and a five-time winner of Golden Crown Literary Society Awards. In 2017 she was awarded the Alice B. Medal for Outstanding Body of Work. Ann lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.