What happens when who we love forces us to change our view of who we are? Against her better judgment, Professor Joanna Valois takes on...

What happens when who we love forces us to change our view of who we are?

Against her better judgment, Professor Joanna Valois takes on sexually undefinable Sara Falier as her assistant on a trip to Venice. The object of their research is a sixteenth century heretical book and the truth about the woman condemned to death for printing it. The book, a translation of an ancient codex, not only shattered the lives of nearly everyone who touched it, but 400 years later, could still bring half the world to its knees.

Like nesting dolls, this story within a story within a story raises the question as to whether gender-breaking has not only challenged the boundaries of love and sexual desire, but altered the course of history.


Author: Justine Saracen
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 03/15/2011
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781602822122


Award: IndieFab awards - Honorable Mention

About the Author
After teaching German Language and Literature at Stanford University, Queens College, New York, and Rochester Institute of Technology, Justine Saracen left academics and began writing fiction.