![]() ![]() The synopsis sounded like a cliche "orphaned girl, likes girls, gets sent to anti-gay school, learns hard lessons" tragedy. ![]() ![]() I was slightly hesitant to read The Miseducation of Cameron Post. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and provocative literary debut that was a finalist for the YALSA Morris Award and was named to numerous “best” lists. At the camp, Cameron comes face to face with the cost of denying her true identity. ![]() When she’s eventually outed, her aunt sends her to God’s Promise, a religious conversion camp that is supposed to “cure” her homosexuality. There she falls in love with her best friend, a beautiful cowgirl. Orphaned, Cameron comes to live with her old-fashioned grandmother and ultraconservative aunt Ruth. Their deaths mean they will never learn the truth she eventually comes to - that she's gay. Danforth’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a powerful and widely acclaimed YA coming-of-age novel in the tradition of the classic Annie on My Mind.Ĭameron Post feels a mix of guilt and relief when her parents die in a car accident. Set in rural Montana in the early 1990s, Emily M. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |