![]() On the contrary, I love the portrait Danforth presents here. That’s not to say that the first half of the novel is boring or unnecessary. In Miles City, “lesbian” is a dirty word, and when Cameron’s straight-girl-crush outs her to everyone, that’s when the novel finally kicks into high gear as Cameron’s aunt sends her to the conversion therapy camp to “pray away the gay”, if you will. And in some cases the line is blurred, or there is denial involved. ![]() Cameron is out to some people and not others, sometimes not of her own volition. Danforth exemplifies how “coming out” is not a one-time process. The core of this novel is how Cameron manages her relationships with people as she navigates her queer identity. This book is a smoothly calibrated ride with all the feels. Danforth, born and raised in the same city in which this book is set, perfectly captures the atmosphere of this town, as well as nailing the voice of an awkward teenager’s rich internal life. The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a bittersweet book, definitely a coming-of-age story, about the eponymous character’s struggle with being a lesbian in a rural, conservative Christian town in Montana. I kept seeing this one bandied about on Twitter, and it turns out my library has a copy, so I was able to get to it sooner rather than later. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sometimes the right kind of sad can help, even when you yourself are sad. ![]()
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