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Flanders Point, a precarious girls’ prep school overlooking Connecticut's Long Island Sound, becomes the backdrop for a tender, forbidden romance between Charlotte Delafield, a shy senior coping with her parents’ divorce, and Brian Parton, an eager young English teacher. As the school year unfolds, their relationship deepens through classroom negotiations, inspiring moments of literature, and reflective walks along the marshlands. The annual outdoor Shakespeare production and Charlotte’s personal growth challenge the rigid boundaries of teacher–student dynamics, culminating in a confrontation of emotions that tests both their hearts on graduation day.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Jacquie Gordon
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