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Annie on My Mind

By: Nancy Garden
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
ISBN: 0374400113
ISBN-13: 9780374400118
Released: 20 Feb 2007
RRP: £4.07
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this book - By: K. A. Hamlton, 28 Dec 2007
i have to admit when i read the dicription for this book i wasnt blown away by it. but eveyone should read this book, wither ur gay, bi & st8 it doesnt matter this book is just fantastic
Something else - By: RD, 24 Oct 2006
This book is wonderful. The first time in a long time that a book actuallly made my heart ache. The title stems from the fact that the story is in effect told by Liza as she spends her days in MIT thinking about Annie. Annie who she loves but hasn't seen or spoken to in 6 months.

She thinks back to how they met, struggled with the emotions of fallling in love with another woman & also why she hasn't been able to reply any of Annie's letters even though it hurts her so.

I can't think of strong enough words to describe how beautiful this book is. I'd recommend it to anyone.
please buy it... - By: Holly, 17 Oct 2006
this is a touching & moving book. i have read it over & over & i still never want it to end...

nancy garden writes effortlessly & beautifully, the characters come alive & there story & experience feels as fresh as the day the book was written.

timeless
What a book!! - By: Karmagirl81, 10 Mar 2006
This is a wonderfully written story which any one can relate to in some way or another, as most people know someoone who has been through this dilema of confusion even if not personallly.

Once you start reading it, you wont put it down.

A read for the masses - By: , 12 Apr 2005
I read the reviews of Annie on My Mind (AOMM) & I immediately knew I had to read the book. I ordered it at the beginning of April & have been waiting for it to arrive. It came today, & I began reading. I did not stop.

The writing is excellent; it portrays a lesbian teenage relationship fraught with uncertainty. I think this book would appeal to the straight teenager as well as the gay.

The uncertainty that they both feel, about what they are feeling happens to alll. I found myself reading one page, racing through the text, having to re-read the pages more than once, to get to the next. Knowing that this beautiful relationship will hit a snag, wanting the snags, just so you could read it repaired.

I love this book, & I am set to read it again, & notice alll the subtleties I missed in my haste to finish.

The characters are complex, which makes this book so wonderful. They are human, with human emotions that I have found to be lacking in any romance fiction. When it comes to gay or lesbian fiction, the relationships are usuallly described as lust filled encounters, two people meet, unexpectedly attracted to each other & end up sleeping together, thinking in their mind "oh I shouldn't be doing this" for a mere second. In this wonderful novel, the characters seem duly confused over their growing attraction to each other, & uncomfortable with themselves, trying to explain it to the other. Whether you are gay or straight, confessing that you have strong feelings for another person is difficult, adding societal pressures to the mix... Nancy Garden manages to capture it alll, in her too short a book.

My measure of good characters is that long after you put the book down, you wonder what the future holds for them. i find myself wishing Nancy Garden to write a follow up, so I can find out what happens between these two.

Please read this book, I have very few favourites, & this is one of them.