«Sunburn» de Chloe Michelle Howarth, un cautivador coming of age lésbico [Reseña]
lunes, julio 01, 2024Sunburn
It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish village of Crossmore, Lucy feels out of place. Despite her fierce friendships, she's always felt this way, and the conventional path of marriage and motherhood doesn't appeal to her at all. Not even with handsome and doting Martin, her closest childhood friend.
Lucy begins to make sense of herself during a long hot summer, when a spark with her school friend Susannah escalates to an all-consuming infatuation, and, very quickly, to a desperate and devastating love.
Fearful of rejection from her small and conservative community, Lucy begins living a double life, hiding the most honest parts of herself in stolen moments with Susannah. But with the end of school and the opportunity to leave Crossmore looming, Lucy must choose between two places, two people and two futures, each as terrifying as the other. But only one can offer her real happiness.
Creo que una de las razones por las que el género coming of age se mantiene tan presente en las preferencias de los lectores (o al menos en
las mías) es por la constante variedad que puede encontrarse en este
tipo de historias. Porque claro, hay tantas formas y contextos desde
los cuales enfrentarse a las dolencias del crecer como personas en el mundo. Porque no será lo mismo crecer siendo queer en una villa irlandesa regida por valores conservadores que crecer estando al pendiente de una madre con trastorno bipolar (sí, eso último fue en referencia a In My Skin,
vean In My Skin). Y el hecho de que podamos acceder a
perspectivas diversas (cada vez con mayor facilidad, yay) es un gran aliciente para
seguir eligiendo el género.