A review by softrosemint
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden

5.0

This is a stunning and incredibly comforting novel; it was revolutionary at the time of its publication and in spite of the palpably 80's setting, it still reads as relevant today. There is a lot of gentleness in the way Garden describes Annie and Liza's relationship and you can tell she intended it as a gift to her own community. Garden seems to care deeply about the wellbeing of her characters and manages to entirely convince the reader to care for them too, with softness and warmth.

A modern-day author who compares, to me, would be Nina LaCour, so if you are someone who enjoys her work and it is reluctant to pick up an LGBT+ classic because you are afraid of how outdated it would be, I could not encourage you enough to pick this book up.