![]() The naiveté and enthusiasm of our protagonist stands alongside a sturdy confidence. Instead, the author captures the ferocity of young love. The boarding school is not a terribly unique location for the queer lit genre, oft-told in pieces such as Maedchen in Uniform and its updated twin, Loving Annabelle, but this story finds charm and handles its tragedy, not settling into the same absolute self-pitying despair that a many queer books may tailspin. The elder Olivia narrating is self-aware of her hyperbole and height of emotions. Balanced with a certain loveliness, it does not fall into a overly sentimental heap of first love. Its absolute frankness is one of its strongest charms. Atheism acknowledged in the first moments. Published in 1949, this book is remarkably blunt. Olivia, a sixteen year old with an eye for the romantic, is sent to Les Avons where she thrives and falls for one of the female heads of the school. ![]() This coming of age/first love book is set in late 19th century at a girls boarding school just a short distance from Paris. ![]() Dorothy Strachey Bussy)Ī semi-autobiographical account of Dorothy Strachey Bussy’s younger years, this lesser read queer novel is definitely worth picking up. ![]()
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