Garden, N. (1982). Annie on my mind. NY: FSG
Summary of the book:
Two teenage girls, Eliza “Liza” Winthrop and Annie
Kenyon, first meet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Liza is drawn to
Annie. They become friends, that friendship soon blossoms into something more.
Liza finds herself falling in love with Annie. Through this friendship Liza is
confused over her new sexuality and is devastated by being caught making love
to Annie. The characters’’ plight of loving another person of the same sex is what
Liza and Annie deal with. The story of these two seventeen year old girls is reiterated
through Ms. Stevenson and Ms. Widmer’s own relationships and experiences they
had to endure because of them being in a same-sex relationship. Liza and Annie’s
love thrives at the end, they “don’t let ignorance win… they let love…” win.
Response:
This book deals with a social and relevant issue, it
depicts a lesbian relationship between two teenage girls. This social topic is
especially relevant to young adults who are gay, lesbian, transgender,
bisexual, or queer. The emotions that these two girls go through and how they
are made to feel that their love is wrong, is something that young adults might
relate to. This book even though it was written in 1982 still resonates now
more than ever, with the legalization of gay marriage, teenagers who identify
with any of the mentioned sexual preferences are now able to feel free to love watch
other without the law saying it is illegal, therefore making this book one of
the pioneers for this subject material. The target audience for this novel is
12-18 years of age. A textbook connection could be “Keeping You a Secret” by
Julie Anne Peters.
Links and URLs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3aChHmZYac
book trailer.
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