Jean by Madeleine Dunnigan

Description Seventeenyearold Jean, a troubled Jewish boy caught in the countercultural swirl of 1970s London, arrives at Compton Manor, a rural alternative boarding school for boys with problems. Though he is an outcast among these outcasts, he is befriended by Tom, a much wealthier, more popular classmate, and it seems as if Jeans world might change. When things turn romantic, Jean is tipped into a heady, overwhelming infatuation. What before seemed odd now brims with promisethe compulsory farming at school, reading poetry aloud, pagan ritualand Jean thinks he might even pass his exams. But the differences between Tom and JeanTom is tuitionpaying, Jean is on a scholarship; Tom social, Jean reclusivecreate too wide a chasm to cross. Set over one hot summer, Jean is a startlingly assured debut about the kinds of love that break us and make us whole. Customers Also Liked Related products Green Dot by Madeleine Gray Liberty Terrace by Madeleine D’Arcy Cork Stories by Madeleine D’Arcy & Laura McKenna Reviews