Gourd Girls Author:Priscilla Wilson Gourd Girls is Priscilla Wilson?s funny, open-hearted, and moving account of her 29-year journey into "the gourd life" with her partner, Janice Lymburner. It is the story of their struggle to learn about farming, to become artists, to make a living against all odds, to come out as a lesbian couple in a rural area and find their community of frie... more »nds. Although the evolution of their unusual business provides the central story line, the themes of the book are numerous: long-term commitments and faithfulness, love of family and friends, the charm of the rural South, the healing power of nature, the meaning and function of art, and the wisdom of foolishness.« less