Women's Barracks was banned for obscenity in several states. But Women's Barracks is no ordinary war story.Īs the Blitz rains down over London, taboos are broken, affairs start and stop and hearts are won and lost. She arrived as a refugee in London and joined other exiles enlisting in Charles de Gaulle's army, then stationed in Britain awaiting an invasion of their homeland by Allied forces. The novel is based on the real-life experiences of the author, Tereska Torres, who escaped from occupied France. Originally published in 1950, this account of life among female Free French soldiers in a London barracks during World War II sold four million copies in the United States alone and many more millions worldwide. Steamy, sensitive, and skillfully written page-turner was the first lesbian pulp-and a 4-million-copy bestseller.|
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