Girls' Love Stories #22

A sun-drenched poolside sets the scene on this April 1953 issue, where a blonde woman and a dark-haired woman share a tender, swooning embrace amid palm trees and sparkling water — the cover teaser promising heartfelt drama with "Vacation from Love" and the tantalizing confession, "Holiday romances? I scoffed at them — and paid for my mockery with a broken heart!" Girls' Love Stories always delivered on its tagline "True to Life," and issue #22 captures that warm, emotional honesty with a cover scene full of summertime longing and romantic vulnerability.