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★ “Rich with detail and emotion, a sophisticated read for teens and adults alike.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))★ “[An] ambitious literary novel, a multidimensional coming-of-age.” (Booklist (starred review))★ “The story is riveting, beautiful, and full of the kind of detail that brings to life a place (rural Montana), a time (the early 1990s), and a questioning teenage girl.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))★ “This finely crafted, sophisticated coming-of-age debut novel is multilayered, finessing such issues as loss, first love, and friendship. An excellent read for both teens and adults.” (School Library Journal (starred review))“Cameron is a memorable heroine with an unforgettable and important story to tell, and she does so with wit, emotion, and depth.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)“If Holden Caulfield had been a gay girl from Montana, this is the story he might have told—it’s funny, heartbreaking, and beautifully rendered. Emily Danforth remembers exactly what it’s like to be a teenager, and she has written a new classic.” (Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of PREP and AMERICAN WIFE)“A beautifully told story that is at once engaging and thoughtful. THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST is an important book—one that can change lives. ” (Jacqueline Woodson, award-winning author of AFTER TUPAC AND D FOSTER and HUSH)“This novel is a joy—one of the best and most honest portraits of a young lesbian I’ve read in years. Cameron Post is a bright, brash, funny main character who leaps off the page and into your heart! This is a story that keeps you reading way into the night—an absorbing, suspenseful, and important book.” (Nancy Garden, author of ANNIE ON MY MIND)“Danforth’s narrative of a bruised young woman finding her feet in a complicated world is a tremendous achievement: strikingly unsentimental, and full of characters who feel entirely rounded and real. A story of love, desire, pain, loss—and, above all, of survival. An inspiring read.” (Sarah Waters, author of THE LITTLE STRANGER)
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From the Back Cover
When Cameron Post's parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief they'll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl.But that relief doesn't last, and Cam is forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother. She knows that from this point on, her life will forever be different. Survival in Miles City, Montana, means blending in and leaving well enough alone, and Cam becomes an expert at both.Then Coley Taylor moves to town. Beautiful, pickup-driving Coley is a perfect cowgirl with the perfect boyfriend to match. She and Cam forge an unexpected and intense friendship, one that seems to leave room for something more to emerge. But just as that starts to seem like a real possibility, ultrareligious Aunt Ruth takes drastic action to "fix" her niece, bringing Cam face-to-face with the cost of denying her true self—even if she's not quite sure who that is.The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and unforgettable literary debut about discovering who you are and finding the courage to live life according to your own rules.
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Product details
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Balzer + Bray; Reprint edition (May 28, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062020579
ISBN-13: 978-0062020574
Product Dimensions:
5.3 x 1.1 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.4 out of 5 stars
290 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#76,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
C. S. Lewis once observed, "Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive". This book is a deeply moving coming of age story about a young woman struggling to understand and accept herself and her family's inability to allow her to do so. Cameron takes us on her hero's journey of sorts as she tells us about her life and struggles as a young lesbian woman living in rural Montana in the early 1990's. To her credit Ms Danforth does not cast the Christians in this story as mean cold-hearted bigots seeking to destroy gay people (although sadly, there is no shortage of such people in the world). Instead she presents them as people who genuinely care about Cameron and who operate from a sincere belief that they are working for her own good and that of her fellow "disciples" at Promise. She also illustrates the disastrous and harmful outcomes than can result from trying to force people to be who they are not. This is a book I wish many Christians so immovably opposed to accepting LGBTQ people as being who we are rather than some confused souls who are trapped in sin or "rebellion" against god, and that by choice.
READ THIS BOOK. I don't really know what to say about this book, except that I did not go into it with high hopes but I had a hard time putting it down and read it in a matter of hours.From the booklist review, anyone reading this should know at least the major plot points, but I apologize in advance if this review contains any spoilers.The book starts off with a punch to the gut, and immediately drags you into the rich and compelling story of Cameron Post. The night Cam kisses her best friend for the first time, her parents are killed in an accident. Understandably, Cam links those two events in her mind and is wracked with guilt and shame over her attraction to other girls, and tries to suppress it, but she can't. When she and her best friend fall in love, they are able to keep their relationship a secret until being discovered by the best friend's brother. Cam's Aunt Ruth then ships her off to a religious conversion camp to "pray away the gay".Cam's story is one of love, loss, confusion, religion, and healing, all bundled together. Danforth has a compelling way of weaving words that draws you in and creates an impact on the reader. The realities of growing up LGBT in a strict religious family are well fleshed out in the novel, through Cam's relationship with Aunt Ruth and the leaders and counselors at the conversion camp Promise, as well as in Cam's own internal struggle between what her fundamentalist religious community tells her and what she knows to be true.
This was an unbelievably good book. Engaging me as few others have in years, I have a new title to add to my list of most influential YA books.Intersectional, nuanced, realistic, poetic, crisp, and beautifully written, this book has it all. I have too many feelings to criticise it right now, though a hint of Cameron 's future would have been nice. I guess maybe the author could have been harsher on the evangelicals, but the book has a focus on compassion.Wise and pure and wonderful, this is perfect for anyone trying to understand queer people or teenagers, or even just find something good in life or themselves. It also beats the daylights out of John Green's work. There are no cheap jokes or held punches here: just art, truth, and beauty.
I did not come across The Miseducation of Cameron Post until there was a controversy of the book being banned from a high school reading list for incoming ninth graders. Being a college student and English major, it immediately piqued my interest as to what all the commotion was. It was to the extent that the author of the book, Emily M Danforth, even came forth to make a statement. When that happened, I knew I had to read this book so I came to Amazon and placed an order right away. I have personally never read an LGBTQ novel before so I was apprehensive. I read the back and one of the first things it states is that her parents die when hours earlier she was kissing a girl. I hadn’t even cracked open the front cover and immediately the plot already had a twist. This book was already intimidating being almost 500 pages. However, once I started reading it, it was hard to put down. I took this book everywhere with me as I followed Cameron Post through her trials and tribulations of trying to be a lesbian who was also a part of the youth group in a conservative town until her eventual “punishment†of being sent away to a gay-away camp.Danforth’s descriptions of the setting and characters really contribute to a visual and sensory experience for the reader. You will feel like you are right there with Cameron Post. What did disappoint me is the lack of closure between the characters and the ending. I wish we had found out what happened to Irene – Cameron’s first kiss – and Coley – Cameron’s first sexual experiences. We see the journey Cameron goes through only to be robbed of what happened to the girls who put her in compromising situations. I did enjoy Cameron’s inner conflicts about her sexuality and realizing that boys – Jamie – aren’t for her. It gave such a great perspective on homosexuality and coming out. The end just felt like a dead end, I won’t spoil it, but it feels stagnant rather than satisfying. You’ll have to see for yourself. I recommend this book to any and everyone in the end. Prepare yourself for an emotional rollercoaster. I also recommend you carry a box of tissues with you for the darker moments in the book and try not to punch any walls when it feels like all the odds are against Cameron. The author should truly be praised for writing such a thought provoking and moving piece of literature.
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