Annie on My Mind

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Summary: So Close to Home it Hurt
Review: Reading this book was like looking in a mirror. Every page was amazingly intense because everything Liza or Annie felt or said, I had felt or dreamed about. Read this book, especially if you're a young lesbian in the closet. It can awaken you to, or heighten your sense of the fathomless beauty that lies in who you are and what you feel.

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Summary: A Wonderfully told story of Love
Review: This book is beautifully empowering to today's gay youth. When I read this book, I wasn't out to anyone...and this book changed me...with the wonderful line, "Know the truth and the truth shall set you free" I realized that I was denying myself and was able to come to grips with my own sexuality. A book this powerful should be read by all, gay or straight. It is an eye opener to say the least. As a young woman struggling with my own orientation I related to Annie and Liza, and they brought me hope...I would like to pass that hope on to all of America's gay and lesbian youth. If you ever read a love story; let it be this one.

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Summary: It was, is, and allways shall be the voice of the gay youth!
Review: I loved it so much, I wrote a review on my page! That book is the Bomb! I really felt for Annie & I hope that Liza & her live a long life together... Please, if you're a gay or Bisexual youth, or know one, READ THIS BOOK!!!

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Summary: Great book for anyone.
Review: Wow, what a book. it was compelling and well written. Wish there was a 2nd volume or sorts to find out what happened l;ater on in there lives.

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Summary: Annie is a life-saver..fun and romantic
Review: I found Annie over a year ago at a time when I had first realised my feelings for a friend of mine. The book became a light in the darkness. Annie is honest and heartfelt and true. What about that whole medevial pretending thing..Oh wow! The book is amazing. Pick it up and give it to a random gay kid and brighten their day...:)

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Summary: A short motivating synopsis of the best book in the world
Review: Cats, saucepan helmets, unicorns, and rings...what a fabulous way to convey a love story! Annie On My Mind must be one of the best books I have ever read, and I have read quite a few. I picked up this quaint little paperback out of curiosity, feeling I was "open-minded" enough to handle such a topic. The content not only helped me to realize that gays and lesbians share a justified love, but that I myself should not limit the possibilites of finding a soulmate to just one gender. I highly recommend this book to everyone: gays, lesbians, homophobics, or anyone wishing to be electrified by a beautiful love story

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Summary: The love of two girls proves stronger than anyone's opinion.
Review: This is the best book I ever read. It taught me to be proud of who and what I am. But most importantly, it showed me that I should never back down against people who try to deny my right to happiness. Love, laugh, cry, and learn as you discover an amazing bond between two blossoming women. Then keep those lessons in your heart. I don't know where I'd be if I hadn't read this book

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Summary: Heartbreaking and beautiful
Review: My school psychologist managed to find me a copy of Annie on my Mind after I told him that I was desparately searching for books that dealt with gay teens coming to age. I found, to my delight, that this book was different than any other that I had read. It told what it was actually like for two girls to fall in love. When you are a teen and in the closet like I am, books like these are treasured. Don't mistake Annie for a gay book, however. It is much more than that. It is a beautifully crafted love story that makes its message known without being preachy. It puts faces and names on people that some would have remain nameless. Everyone should read it and remember its messages- the most touching one being: "Know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I picked up _Annie on My Mind_ with mild curiosity; no one was "out" at my high school, and I found the subject matter about two young lesbians coming to terms with themselves and homophobia interesting. After reading the book, however, I was amazed at the grace, beauty, and romance that Ms. Garden put into the novel. _Annie_ is a beautiful love story, not just a lesbian love story. I wish more of my homophobic high school friends would have read it

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Summary: An eye opener, begins to let you understand gays.
Review: "Annie on my Mind" was just another reading assignment for me except it was about what I thought was a "completely perverted subject." With that opinion chiseled into my brain I read into the first eight chapters with blinders on. Then a break through occered, during my next sitting I found the book emensely powerful. Why had I given gays that label? Perhaps it was my everyday situation and the way people I socialized with thought of it. Thank you very much Miss Garden for giving me an open mind. Please continue writing so that many others may "take off their blinders."