Annie on My Mind
by Nancy Garden
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Author: Nancy GardenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-20
ISBN: 0374400113
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Book Review: A Beautiful (Lesbian) Love Story
Summary: 5 Stars
Liza has a pretty normal life in New York, living with her parents and brother and attending a very small private school. She has a couple of friends but has never really connected with anyone in her class. Liza is just biding her time until she goes to MIT to study architecture. One day while she is at a museum trying to gain inspiration for a senior project, she meets Annie, a girl with a beautiful voice and dark secretive eyes.
Immediately Liza and Annie hit it off. Liza isn't sure why she is so drawn to this girl, but she knows that she is happy whenever Annie calls and is thrilled and nervous to be around her. When they are together, Annie and Liza are hesitantly getting closer and closer until one day Annie kisses Liza. Liza isn't sure what to do or how to react, but she knows that she feels more for Annie than she has ever felt for anyone in her life. Gradually she begins to come to terms with the fact that she is probably gay.
Life as a gay teenager is difficult. Annie and Liza are always worried about showing affection for each other, and there is no place where they can really be themselves without being found out. Then Liza agrees to feed the cats of a couple of teachers at her school who live together. Suddenly there is a private place for Liza and Annie to go. But will the fact that they are carrying on a relationship there jeopardize the careers of the teachers who live there?
I loved the characters in this book and the sensitivity with which they were portrayed. Annie and Liza were very realistic and easy to sympathize with. I also liked the way the story was told, alternating Liza trying to write a letter with her memories of the previous year. I was mostly happy ith the ending, too, although I didn't really like the way Ms. Widmer and Ms. Stevenson accepted their fate without a fight.
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