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The Miseducation of Cameron Post

By: Emily M. Danforth
Narrated by: Beth Laufer
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Summary

Set in rural Montana in the early 1990s, Emily M. Danforth’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a powerful and widely acclaimed YA coming-of-age novel in the tradition of the classic Annie on My Mind.

Cameron Post feels a mix of guilt and relief when her parents die in a car accident. Their deaths mean they will never learn the truth she eventually comes to - that she's gay. Orphaned, Cameron comes to live with her old-fashioned grandmother and ultraconservative aunt Ruth. There she falls in love with her best friend, a beautiful cowgirl. When she’s eventually outed, her aunt sends her to God’s Promise, a religious conversion camp that is supposed to “cure” her homosexuality. At the camp, Cameron comes face to face with the cost of denying her true identity.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and provocative literary debut that was a finalist for the YALSA Morris Award and was named to numerous “best” lists.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2012 Emily M. Danforth (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Coming of Age Dating & Sex Difficult Situations Family & Relationships Fiction LGBTQ+ LGBTQIA+ Creators Literature & Fiction Dating Inspiring LGBTQIA+
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  • Morris Award Finalist, 2013
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I am not sure why some people give this low ratings for being a “tough read”. It’s got sensitive themes and it’s graphic in parts. Not to be downplayed. But it does tell about what it basically says on the tin! That’s the story, the reality for some. And it weaves together with nice stories within. Really liked it. Wanted more!

Great read

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trigger warning for later chapters (18 or 19)? a minor character attempts suicide. graphic depiction

really good but should've had a trigger warning

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I watched the film not knowing that there was a book and this is far greater than the film!

I only wish it hadn’t ended so soon and that we got more of the story!

Loved it!

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I really enjoyed this audio book. The characters are well rounded, with no lazy goodies and baddies. The people who try to 'pray the gay away' are not lazy stereotypes of bigots but people who genuinely believe they are doing what is best. And yet the story does not shy away from showing the terrible damage they inflict. It is an ultimately uplifting tale that manages to steer clear of a lot of the well worn clichés.

The narration is the best I've heard from an audio book. I didn't even notice the narration because it was just Cameron's voice telling her story. The more I listen to audio books, the more I come to appreciate narration as a skill. As so many reviews will testify, bad narration can ruin an audio book, no matter how good the story. At the other end of the scale, the sign of really excellent narration is that you're not even aware of it! Massive kudos to Beth Laufer for this.

Amazing narration for an involving story

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essential sections of the text were cut out (like letters and notes), the narrator herself was great though.

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