by Paulette Mahurin
Originally posted on my blog Guiltless Reading Oscar Wilde would have been proud. This book is not about Oscar Wilde, but he would have been proud how this book's message of tolerance was inspired by his life. News about his conviction was also the impetus for the string of rather unfortunate events...
The story is set in the late Nineteenth Century. The background is that of Oscar Wilde’s imprisonment for ‘gross indecency’. In those days, the government rule stated that gay sexual acts were a criminal offense. Set in a small Nevada town, the story focuses upon the reaction of people to this news....
Review 6******I was given a copy of this book by the author in return for an honest review.I started reading this novel with a bit of trepidation, as I have not read this genre of book before. However, by the time I had read the first few pages, I found myself completely won over. I absolutely loved...
This is a well-written tale about ripple effects. The world is just starting to understand the impact of rapidly-traveling global news by means of the telegraph when news of Oscar Wilde's prosecution reaches a small Nebraska town, bringing with it a rash of homophobic sentiment that threatens the qu...
The persecution of Mildred Dunlap by Paulette Mahurin4 StarsHow sad that over one hundred years later we still have people in the world with the same archaic mindset of the 1800’s. Mildred and her cousin Edra were lesbian lovers, but after the reaction of the locals over the imprisonment of Oscar Wi...
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