The Price of Salt (Carol)

Originally published pseudonymously in 1952, this groundbreaking novel tells the story of Therese Belivet, a young photographer who falls in love with Carol Aird, an elegant woman in the midst of a divorce.

Carol's marriage to Harge represents a lavender marriage in which she tried to conform to heterosexual expectations while concealing her attraction to women. The novel explores her struggle to break free from this arrangement to live authentically.

Remarkable for its time, the novel offered a rare happy ending for a lesbian relationship and challenged the notion that queer people must remain in heterosexual marriages to be accepted by society.