emily m danforth the miseducation of cameron post

The language used was really fantastic and largely felt authentic, though there were moments that didn't feel quite right, but they were few and far between. It took me a little while to really get a feeling for the flow and structure of the book but the story was certainly engaging from the start. I needed a long book to listen to on a long drive so I decided to go for it since the duration would be just about perfect for the whole trip. Having heard some of the horrific stories of ex-gay/de-gaying camps, I was really concerned this would be a focal point for the book and I really wasn't interested in that storyline. I had gotten a little dismayed that so many of the LGBT young adult novels that I've read have been very doom and gloom and didn't really want to read another downer (can't there be a happy ending and maybe a less tragic love story for these protagonists?). 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.

Emily m danforth the miseducation of cameron post