Author: Soniah Kamal
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Publication Date: January 22, 2019
Types of Queerness: Social Class, Economic Class, Race, and Defience of Societal Expactations
Summary:
A scandal and vicious rumor concerning the Binat family have destroyed their fortune and prospects for desirable marriages, but Alys, the second and most practical of the five Binat daughters, has found happiness teaching English literature to schoolgirls. Knowing that many of her students won’t make it to graduation before dropping out to marry and have children, Alys teaches them about Jane Austen and her other literary heroes and hopes to inspire the girls to dream of more.