Annie on
My Mind is a game-changing YA book from 1992 about two
teenage girls whose friendship (formed at an art museum!) blossoms into love.
Annie and
Liza’s growing relationship is detailed as intricately and beautifully as any
relationship I have ever read. As someone who identifies as straight, I
feel like this book is one of my gay friends because it answers questions I ask
my friends and helps me to understand (in even a small way) some parts of their
lives and struggles.
And it
has great lines.
“The first day, I stood in the kitchen leaning against the
counter watching Annie feed the cats, and I knew I wanted to be able to do that
forever: stand in kitchens watching Annie feed cats. Our kitchens. Our cats.”
“The thing about mountains is that you have to keep on
climbing them, and that it's always hard, but there's a view from the top every
time when you finally get there.”
How to
Commemorate:
- Go to an art museum.
- Walk around a city for a long time.
- Feed cats.
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