Emily M. Danforth

Cameron Post parece la adolescente perfecta en su último año de instituto. Pero cuando la pillan en el asiento trasero de un coche con otra chica la noche del baile de fin de curso, su familia no duda en mandarla inmediatamente a un centro de terapia de conversion especializado en adolescentes "con problemas de atraccion por el mismo sexo". Una vez alli, Cameron se ve sometida a una disciplina extravagante, a dudosos metodos "contra-gay" y a entusiastas canciones de rock cristiano. Sin embargo, el inesperado marco tambien contiene a una inusual comunidad gay. Cameron entra en contacto con personas como ella por primera vez en su vida y encuentra un lugar entre sus compañeros marginados.

In the early 1900's, Brookhants students Flo and Clara fell madly in love, brought together by their obsession for a scandalous memoir.A few months later they were found dead in the woods, after a horrific wasp attack, the book lying next to their intertwined bodies.Three more grisly deaths followed before the school was forced to close.Now, the school's doors are open once more. But as the crew of glamorous young actresses assemble to start filming, past and present begin to blur. And soon it's impossible to tell quite where the curse ends and Hollywood begins...

Loved Call Me By Your Name? Then dive into The Miseducation of Cameron Post, soon to be a major film starring Chloe Grace Moretz - winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance film festival.The night Cameron Post''s parents died, her first emotion was relief. Relief they would never know that hours earlier, she''d been kissing a girl.Now living with her conservative Aunt in small-town Montana, hiding her sexuality and blending in becomes second nature to Cameron until she begins an intense friendship with the beautiful Coley Taylor.

1902, ESCUELA PARA CHICAS BROOKHANTS.Flo y Clara están fascinadas la una por la otra y también comparten su obsesión por una atrevida escritora llamada Mary McLane, autora de unas escandalosas memorias. Para mostrar su devocion por Mary, las chicas crean su propio club privado, la Sociedad de las Heroinas Sencillas y Perversas. Sus encuentros tienen lugar en un campo de manzanos, que sera el escenario de su felicidad mas salvaje y, finalmente, de sus macabras muertes. Es alli donde aparecen sus cuerpos, victimas de un enjambre de avispas furiosas, con una copia del libro de Mary abierto junto a ellas.Casi cinco años mas tarde, la escuela Brookhants cierra sus puertas definitivamente; pero antes, tres personas mas aparecen muertas en inquietantes circunstancias.Mas de un siglo despues, el ahora abandonado y medio en ruinas edificio de Brookhants vuelve a ser noticia cuando la famosa escritora Merritt Emmons publica una exitosa obra celebrando la historia feminista y queer que rodeo a la encantada y maldita institucion, que tambien se adapta a la gran pantalla y se convierte en una controvertida pelicula de terror protagonizada por la it girl y superestrella del cine homosexual, Harper Harper, en el papel de Flo y su antitesis, la actriz de serie B y antigua estrella infantil Audrey Wells, en el papel de Clara.Pero cuando Brookhants abre sus puertas una vez mas y las tres modernas heroinas llegan para empezar el rodaje, el pasado y el presente, la ficcion y la realidad, se entrelazaran de manera oscura.

La noche en que sus padres mueren, lo primeroáque siente Cameron Post es alivio. Alivio porqueásus padres ya no se pueden enterar de que, unasáhoras antes, besó a otra chica.Ahora, Cameron vive con su tia, una mujer muyaconservadora, en un pequeño pueblo de Montana.aTodos los dias, hace todo cuanto puede paraaocultar su sexualidad y se ha vuelto una experta enael arte de esconderse. Pero ¿es posible ocultar losasentimientos cuando empiezas a enamorarte de tuamejor amiga?Un dia, su tia, desesperada por "corregir" a su sobrina,atoma una decision drastica. Y Cameron deberaaenfrentarse al coste de ser ella misma, aunqueano este segura exactamente de quien quiere ser.La (des) enseñanza de Cameron Post es un debut literarioabrillante e inolvidable sobre descubrirnos a nosotros mismos y sobre buscar el coraje necesario para vivir la vida de acuerdo a nuestras propias reglas.aa"Esta es una historia hermosa,acautivadora y repleta de detallesaque le dan vida a un lugar (la Montanaarural), a un tiempo (principios dealos años 90) y a una joven adolescenteacuriosa."Publishers Weekly"Esta novela sofisticada yadelicadamente construida tieneadiversas capas, y trata temas comoala perdida, el primer amoray la amistad. Una excele

Brimming from start to finish with sly humour and gothic mischief SARAH WATERSBeguilingly clever, very sexy and seriously frightening GUARDIAN Atmospheric, sexy, creepytotally addictive KATE DAVIES, author of In At The Deep EndA gloriously over-the-top queer romp I PAPER _________________________________________________________________ Its a terrible story and one way to tell it is this: two girls in love and a fog of wasps cursed the place forever after BROOKHANTS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: Infamous site of a series of tragic deaths over a hundred years ago. Soon to be the subject of a controversial horror movie about the rumoured Brookhants curse:In the early 1900s, Brookhants students Flo and Clara fell madly in love, brought together by their obsession for a scandalous memoir. A few months later they were found dead in the woods, after a horrific wasp attack, the book lying next to their intertwined bodies.Three more grisly deaths followed before the school was forced to close. Now, the schools doors are open once more. But as the crew of glamorous young actresses assemble to start filming, past and present begin to blur. And soon its impossible to tell quite where the curse ends and Hollywood begins____________________________________________________________________ Buzzing with wickednesssly, wry and dangerous to know Rosie Garland Ingenious, jaw-droppinga queer roar and its terrifying and its a goddamned triumph Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World Wears its brilliance lightlyits dark, sweet, and addictive. Simply one of the best books Ive read in the last decade Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman A hot amalgamation of gothic horror and Hollywood satire, its draped with depth but bursting with life Washington Post A deviously delicious cake O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE

In the early 1900s, Brookhants students Flo and Clara fell madly in love, brought together by their obsession for a scandalous memoir.A few months later they were found dead in the woods, after a horrific wasp attack, the book lying next to their intertwined bodies.Three more grisly deaths followed before the school was forced to close.Now, the schools doors are open once more. But as the crew of glamorous young actresses assemble to start filming, past and present begin to blur. And soon its impossible to tell quite where the curse ends and Hollywood begins

Now a major film starring Chloe Grace Moretz - winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival **----------'If Holden Caulfield had been a gay girl from Montana, this is the story he might have told-it's funny, heartbreaking, and beautifully rendered' Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of Prep and American Wife'An important book - one that can change lives' Jacqueline Woodson, award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming

The acclaimed book behind the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning movie"LGBTQ cinema is out in force at Sundance Film Festival," proclaimed USA Today. "The acerbic coming-of-age movie is adapted from Emily M. Danforths novel, and stars Chloe Grace Moretz as a lesbian teen who is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after she gets caught having sex with her friend on prom night."The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and provocative literary debut that was named to numerous best of the year lists.When Cameron Posts parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief theyll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl.But that relief doesnt last, and Cam is forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother. She knows that from this point on, her life will forever be different. Survival in Miles City, Montana, means blending in and leaving well enough alone, and Cam becomes an expert at both.Then Coley Talor moves to town. Beautiful, pickup-driving Coley is a perfect cowgirl with the perfect boyfriend to match. She and Cam forge an unexpected and intense friendship, one that seems to leave room for something more to emerge. But just as that starts to seem like a real possibility, Aunt Ruth takes drastic action to fix her niece, bringing Cam face-to-face with the cost of denying her true selfeven if shes not quite sure who that is.Dont miss this raw and powerful own voices debut, the basis for the award-winning film starring Chloe Grace Moretz.Identity and Self-Discovery: After her parents death, Camerons first secret kiss is just the beginning of a journey to understand who she isand who shes allowed to be. A Small Town Story: In early 90s Miles City, Montana, blending in is survival. But when the beautiful Coley Taylor arrives, Cam finds it harder than ever to hide. Forbidden First Love: From an intense, secret friendship to an unexpected bond with the perfect cowgirl, Cams heart pulls her in directions her conservative family cannot accept. Found Family: Sent away to be "fixed" at a gay conversion camp called Gods Promise, Cameron finds herself among a community of fellow "sinners" and must decide what salvation really means.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"A delectable brew of gothic horror and Hollywood satire . . . [and] what makes all this so much fun is Danforths deliciously ghoulish voice . . . exquisite." Ron Charles, THE WASHINGTON POST"A multi-faceted novel, equal parts gothic, sharply funny, sapphic romance, historical, and, of course, spooky. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLYNamed a Most Anticipated Book by Entertainment Weekly Washington Post USA Today Time O, The Oprah Magazine Buzzfeed Harpers Bazaar Vulture Parade HuffPost Refinery29 Popsugar E! News Bustle The Millions GoodReads Autostraddle Lambda Literary Literary Hub and more!The award-winning author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post makes her adult debut with this highly imaginative and original gothic horror-comedy centered around a cursed New England boarding school for girlsa wickedly whimsical celebration of the art of storytelling, sapphic love, and the rebellious female spiritOur story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it the Plain Bad Heroine Society. They meet in secret in a nearby apple orchard, the setting of their wildest happiness and, ultimately, of their macabre deaths. This is where their bodies are later discovered with a copy of Marys book splayed beside them, the victims of a swarm of stinging, angry yellow jackets. Less than five years later, the Brookhants School for Girls closes its doors foreverbut not before three more people mysteriously die on the property, each in a most troubling way.Over a century later, the now abandoned and crumbling Brookhants is back in the news when wunderkind writer Merritt Emmons publishes a breakout book celebrating the queer, feminist history surrounding the haunted and cursed Gilded Age institution. Her bestselling book inspires a controversial horror film adaptation and a searing piece of Hollywood satire, starring celebrity actor and lesbian it girl Harper Harper playing the ill-fated heroine Flo, opposite B-list actress and former child star Audrey Wells as Clara. But as Brookhants opens its gates once again, and our three modern heroines arrive on set to begin filming, past and present become grimly entangledor perhaps just grimly exploitedand soon its impossible to tell where the curse leaves off and Hollywood begins. A story within a story within a story and featuring black-and-white period-inspired illustrations, Plain Bad Heroines is a devilishly haunting, modern masterwork of metafiction that manages to combine the ghostly sensibility of Sarah Waters with the dark imagination of Marisha Pessl and the sharp humor and incisive social commentary of Curtis Sittenfeld into one laugh-out-loud funny, spellbinding, and wonderfully luxuriant read."Full of Victorian sapphic romance, metafictional horror, biting misandrist humor, Hollywood intrigue, and multiple timelinessall replete with evocative illustrations that are icing on a deviously delicious cake." O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE

Now a major motion picture starring Chloe Grace Moretz *Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner*---------- If Holden Caulfield had been a gay girl from Montana, this is the story he might have told-its funny, heartbreaking, and beautifully rendered Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of Prep and American Wife An important book - one that can change lives Jacqueline Woodson, award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming ----------The night Cameron Posts parents died, her first emotion was relief. Relief they would never know that hours earlier, shed been kissing a girl.Now living with her conservative Aunt in small-town Montana, hiding her sexuality and blending in becomes second nature to Cameron until she begins an intense friendship with the beautiful Coley Taylor.Desperate to correct her niece, Camerons Aunt takes drastic action.Now Cameron must battle with the cost of being her true-self even if shes not completely sure who that is. The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and unforgettable literary debut about discovering who you are and finding the courage to live life according to your own rules.Dont miss this raw and powerful own voices debut, the basis for the award-winning film starring Chloe Grace Moretz.----------Praise for The Miseducation of Cameron Post: Danforths narrative of a bruised young woman finding her feet in a complicated world is a tremendous achievement: strikingly unsentimental, and full of characters who feel entirely rounded and real . . . An inspiring read Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith "Rich with detail and emotion, a sophisticated read for teens and adults alike."Kirkus starred reviewThe story is riveting, beautiful, and full of the kind of detail that brings to life a place (rural Montana), a time (the early 1990s), and a questioning teenage girl Publishers Weekly starred reviewLGBTQ cinema is out in force at Sundance Film Festival. USA Today

1902, ESCUELA PARA CHICAS BROOKHANTS. Flo y Clara están fascinadas la una por la otra y también comparten su obsesión por una atrevida escritora llamada Mary McLane, autora de unas escandalosas memor