Call it crazy, but it felt like the book that I’ve never seen before wanted me to read it.” As if by enchantment, the novel finds its way, often in disguise, to those who don’t know they need it.
I read it in one sitting, flipped it over and read it again.” Or this one, from 2009: “I was walking down a aisle and just had this funny feeling to pull out this book. Ask your favorite lesbian how she first encountered Annie on My Mind, and you may well hear something like this Amazon review from the year 2001: “Someone gave me this book when I was 17 and wondering who the heck I was. As far as I can tell, only queer women have read it-and yet I’ve never met one who sought it out on purpose. Here’s the mystery of Annie on My Mind, the 1982 young adult novel by Nancy Garden: I’ve never met a straight person who’s read it.
In her monthly column, YA of Yore, Frankie Thomas takes a second look at the books that defined a generation.
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