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Title:

Loveless

Added Title:

Hands against our hearts.

Author:

Oseman, Alice, author.

Summary:

This is the funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of Georgia, who doesn't understand why she can't crush and kiss and make out like her friends do. She's surrounded by the narrative that dating + sex = love. It's not until she gets to college that she discovers the A range of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum -- coming to understand herself as asexual/aromantic. Disrupting the narrative that she's been told since birth isn't easy -- there are many mistakes along the way to inviting people into a newly found articulation of an always-known part of your identity. But Georgia's determined to get her life right, with the help of (and despite the major drama of) her friends. -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 14 and up. Scholastic Press.

Grades 10-12. Scholastic Press.

General Note:

"Originally published in English in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children's Books."

Short story Hands against our Hearts follows the novel.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

393 pages, 30 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm

Genre:

Bildungsromans.

Subject Term:

Asexuality (Sexual orientation) -- Fiction.

Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.

Best friends -- Fiction

College freshmen -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Scholastic Press,

Publication Date:

2021

ISBN:

9781338751932

Publication Information:

New York : Scholastic Press, 2021.

Call Number:

YA OSEMAN

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Summary

For fans of Love, Simon and I Wish You All the Best , a funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of a girl who realizes that love can be found in many ways that don't involve sex or romance.

From the marvelous author of Heartstopper comes an exceptional YA novel about discovering that it's okay if you don't have sexual or romantic feelings for anyone . . . since there are plenty of other ways to find love and connection.

Author Notes

Alice Oseman was born in 1994 in Kent, England, and is a #1 New York Times bestselling writer and illustrator. As well as writing and illustrating Heartstopper, Alice is the author of two Heartstopper novellas, Nick and Charlie and This Winter , and four YA novels: Solitaire , Radio Silence , I Was Born for This , and Loveless , winner of the YA Book Prize. She also writes and executive produces the Emmy Award-winning television adaptation of Heartstopper. Visit her online at aliceoseman.com.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Combining the plotting of a college sex romp with a queer sensibility that foregrounds aro-ace identity, Oseman's frank, kindhearted novel follows Georgia Warr, a white British college freshman curious about finding romance of the sort she reads about in fan fiction. As Georgia and her friends--Colombian British Pip, who's gay, and Jason, who's white and straight--rehearse a medley of romantic Shakespearean scenes in their theater group, playing Juliet (and, indeed, any attempts at kissing) makes her "feel sort of nauseated." But Georgia's not gay, and dating Jason only leads to hurt (his) and confusion (hers). After a lively, candid conversation with her pansexual roommate Rooney, cued white, about wank fantasies, and a crash course in asexuality from college-assigned mentor, nonbinary Sunil, who identifies as homoromantic asexual, Georgia concludes that she is aro-ace: "How could I feel so sad about giving up these things I did not actually want?" she wonders. Gradually, Georgia accepts her identity, finds role models, and puts her energy into friendships--just in time for a rom-com-style denouement that affirms human connection in any form. Oseman maintains an energetic pace while offering realistic and wide-ranging takes on identity, from internalized phobia to true self-love. Ages 14--up. (Dec.)