Author: Jeannine Allard

Publisher: Alyson Books

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9780932870506

"Sometime in the last century, two women living on the coast of France, in Brittany, loved each other. They had no other models of such a thing, so they chose this solution: one of them posed as a man for most of their life together; they were married, adopted a child, and were very happy together. The one who posed as a man was lost at sea, and a statue was erected to her, symbolizing all the collective losses suffered by their small town. Many years later, when it was known that she had in fact been a woman, the statue was destroyed by angry and frightened people. This legend is still told in Brittany."--From publisher's description.