When Cameron Posts parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief theyll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl.
But that relief doesnt 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 shes 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.
Reviews:
Danforths 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 . . . An inspiring read Sarah Waters, author of TIPPING THE VELVET and FINGERSMITH
If Holden Caulfield had been a gay girl from Montana, this is the story he might have told-its funny, heartbreaking, and beautifully rendered Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of PREP and AMERICAN WIFE
An important book - one that can change lives Jacqueline Woodson, award-winning author of BROWN GIRL DREAMING
Rich with detail and emotion, a sophisticated read for teens and adults alike. Kirkus 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 199s), and a questioning teenage girl Publishers Weekly starred review
About the Author
emily was born and raised in Miles City, Montana, a town best known for its Bucking Horse Sale-which was once listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for hosting the most intoxicated people, per capita, of any US event. She obsessively collects erasers, large-letter linen postcards from the 1940s, snow-globes, and neologisms. (She has an iced-coffee addiction, too.)
emily has an MFA in Fiction from the University of Montana and a Ph.D in English-Creative Writing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her short fiction has won the International Queer Writing Award.
She now teaches creative writing and literature courses at Rhode Island College in Providence
