Author(s): Esther D Rothblum , Jacqueline S Weinstock

Lesbian and Bi Female Relationships

Lesbian Ex-Lovers: The Really Long-Term Relationships examines the need for the development of better understanding and more critical analysis of lesbian ex-lover relationships. This eye-opening look into the minds and hearts of women offers personal insight into the possibilities for and potential pitfalls of lesbian ex-lover relations. This book contains personal stories, fictional accounts, poetry, and theoretical analyses of the frequency and significance of ex-lovers at different stages in a relationship.

Topics of interest in Lesbian Ex-Lovers include:

• the roles ex-lovers play in our lives


• ex-lovers as contexts for change and development


• how we continue to be influenced by ex-lovers


• letting go and moving on


• ex-lovers as current friends and family


• themes of betrayal and loss of faith


• reconstructing friendships and community


• the mystique of the ex-lover friend/family


• connections among lesbian ex-lovers

"Rather than totally scrap a relationship, we recycle it-from lover to ex-lover to friend in a relatively short half-life."

Lesbian Ex-Lovers is the only book in print that explores how a lesbian's ex-lovers impact her subsequent romances and lifestyle. This special collection adds a new dynamic to the current literature for and about the lesbian community.