Scissoring

Synopsis

When Abigail Bauer takes a job as a teacher at a conservative Catholic school, she is forced to step back into the closet against the wishes of her long-term girlfriend.

As she struggles to reconcile her professional ambitions, personal relationships, religious beliefs, and internalized shame, Abigail receives guidance from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Eleanor’s devoted friend and lover, Lorena Hickok.

Through it all, Abigail must find the courage to be unabashedly herself.

Themes

• American drama
• Lesbians--Identity
• Lesbians--Social conditions
• Lesbians--United States--Identity--Drama
• Lesbians--United States--Social conditions--Drama
• PS3617.U5896 S35 2019