2005, first published 1975
This book is way ahead of its time. It tells the story of how
a young girl falls in love and loses her virginity. It is quite pragmatic and
shows us all the messy bits, all the clumsy and hesitant actions, the inexperience
and the slight disappointment after the first time. Many similar novels written in the later 20th
century and the 21st century do not do this and pregnancies happen by some sort
of miracle. This book gives us the details.
And there is no pregnancy. Kath has her
head screwed on.
There are no mobile phones or internet in this novel but the
young adult ready will hardly notice. The characters are believable and really
no different at all from the modern adolescent.
We don’t get the romantic ending we might hope for. Yes, Kath
and Michael become sexually compatible but when Kath is forced by her parents to
go away on summer camp and become a tennis coach she meets someone else.
Emotions run high; while all of this is going on Kath’s
beloved grandfather dies suddenly while she is away at the camp.
The ending signals some hope. Theo, the young man she has met at the camp
gets in touch. We have no idea, however, whether this will work out.
The book is 202 pages long, in blocked text in an adult font.
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