‘It will change the way you look at everything’
Carol was originally published under the title The Price of Salt in 1952, and was first published under the pseudonym “Claire Morgan” rather than the author’s actual name, Patricia Highsmith. This was due to the fact that the storyline focused on a same-sex relationship, something that wasn’t accepted at the time.
The story tells the tale of a nineteen year-old woman, Therese, working in a department store, when a blonde woman in her thirties enters the shop: Carol. You could call it love at first sight. Therese is trapped in a life she doesn’t enjoy: a dead end job and a boyfriend she doesn’t love. Carol is in the stages of divorce and fighting for the custody of her only daughter.
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