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Synopsis
"1950s Quebec: a shy sixteen-year-old in a Catholic boarding school for prospective schoolteachers falls in love with a classmate. When the fantasized relationship fails, she takes superficial refuge with a group of girls, and learns how alone she is, how alone and closed off they all are."--Jacket.
Is Girls Closed In appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
A literary coming-of-age novel set in 1950s Catholic Quebec exploring a teenage girl's unrequited same-sex attraction and profound isolation. Themes of loneliness, identity, and religious constraint are mature but handled without graphic content.
What to know going in
This book has no graphic violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include isolation, unrequited love, and loneliness (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens interested in literary fiction exploring identity, loneliness, and the challenges of being different in a restrictive environment will find this deeply introspective.