The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls: A Novel
by Anton DiSclafani
by Anton DiSclafani
Synopsis
It is 1930, the midst of the Great Depression. After her mysterious role in a family tragedy, passionate, strong-willed Thea Atwell, age fifteen, has been cast out of her Florida home, exiled to an equestrienne boarding school for Southern debutantes. High in the Blue Ridge Mountains, with its complex social strata ordered by money, beauty, and girls’ friendships, the Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls is a far remove from the free-roaming, dreamlike childhood Thea shared with her twin brother on their family’s citrus farm—a world now partially shattered. As Thea grapples with her responsibility for the events of the past year that led her here, she finds herself enmeshed in a new order, one that will change her sense of what is possible for herself, her family, her country.
Weaving provocatively between home and school, the narrative powerfully unfurls the true story behind Thea’s expulsion from her family, but it isn’t long before the mystery of her past is rivaled by the question of how it will shape her future. Part scandalous love story, part heartbreaking family drama, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls is an immersive, transporting page-turner—a vivid, propulsive novel about sex, love, family, money, class, home, and horses, all set against the ominous threat of the Depression—and the major debut of an important new writer.
Review
This book is a coming of age/sexual awakening story and while I don't want to give this book a bad review I think parts of it were just done in poor taste. Without giving away the story or plot line I won't go further, but maybe when you read it you will think the same thing.
The writing was in my mind exceptional. It was very visual and I love the present to past changes it made up until the height of the plot line. Most readers will guess where the story line is going, but I still think there were some good twists along the way. I could totally picture each scene from this book and the characters were all described in amazing detailed. So the final verdict was that I loved and hated this book all at the same time. I loved the writing but I think the story line could have been just as provocative with a little more decency given to the subject matter.
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