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A deeply human and sincerely heartfelt story from the author of Heartstopper, Loveless is funny, timely, honest and so much more. It's the story of a college student grappling with the narrative she was raised with as she explores what love and connection really means.

"Georgia nunca ha besado a nadie. Ni se ha enamorado. Y no entiende por qué. Como la romántica empedernida fanática de los fanfiction que es, está segura de que muy pronto la situación va a cambiar. La universidad está a la vuelta de la esquina y allí tiene que encontrar el amor. Sin embargo, algo no cuaja. Cuánto más lo intenta, más lo fuerza. Y más confundida se siente. ¿Será que el romance no fue hecho para ella? ¿Acaso está destinada a vivir sin amar? Georgia tendrá que aprender y aceptar que el verdadero amor no es necesariamente romántico en este nuevo libro de la aclamada autora de HEARTSTOPPER."

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ISBN-13:	9789877478273
Publisher:	VRYA
Publication date:	04/25/2022
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	741,830
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years
Language:	Spanish

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Alice Oseman was born in 1994 in Kent, England, and is a #1 New York Times bestselling writer and illustrator. As well as writing and illustrating Heartstopper, Alice is the author of two Heartstopper novellas, Nick and Charlie and This Winter, and four YA novels: Solitaire, Radio Silence, I Was Born for This, and Loveless, winner of the YA Book Prize. She also writes and executive produces the Emmy Award–winning television adaptation of Heartstopper. Visit her online at aliceoseman.com.

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10/25/2021
Combining the plotting of a college sex romp with a queer sensibility that foregrounds aro-ace identity, Oseman’s frank, kindhearted novel follows Georgia Warr, a white British college freshman curious about finding romance of the sort she reads about in fan fiction. As Georgia and her friends—Colombian British Pip, who’s gay, and Jason, who’s white and straight—rehearse a medley of romantic Shakespearean scenes in their theater group, playing Juliet (and, indeed, any attempts at kissing) makes her “feel sort of nauseated.” But Georgia’s not gay, and dating Jason only leads to hurt (his) and confusion (hers). After a lively, candid conversation with her pansexual roommate Rooney, cued white, about wank fantasies, and a crash course in asexuality from college-assigned mentor, nonbinary Sunil, who identifies as homoromantic asexual, Georgia concludes that she is aro-ace: “How could I feel so sad about giving up these things I did not actually want?” she wonders. Gradually, Georgia accepts her identity, finds role models, and puts her energy into friendships—just in time for a rom-com-style denouement that affirms human connection in any form. Oseman maintains an energetic pace while offering realistic and wide-ranging takes on identity, from internalized phobia to true self-love. Ages 14–up. (Dec.)

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Billie Fulford-Brown narrates this contemporary British coming-out story. Eighteen-year-old Georgia has never kissed anyone, much less dated, had sex, or fallen in love. In fact, she's never truly wanted any of those things. As she begins her first year at Durham University, however, Georgia can't surrender her dream of a "normal" university experience—romance included. It's only after many missteps that she claims her identity as asexual/aromantic and recognizes the deep value of her friendships. Fulford-Brown's soft-spoken, sensitive narration may enhance listeners' empathy for Georgia, helping them push through the character's angst and adolescent uncertainty to arrive at the affirming conclusion. (The audiobook includes a bonus scene narrated by Elizabeth Schenk and Imogen Church.) R.A.H. 2023 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

DECEMBER 2021 - AudioFile

Billie Fulford-Brown narrates this contemporary British coming-out story. Eighteen-year-old Georgia has never kissed anyone, much less dated, had sex, or fallen in love. In fact, she's never truly wanted any of those things. As she begins her first year at Durham University, however, Georgia can't surrender her dream of a "normal" university experience—romance included. It's only after many missteps that she claims her identity as asexual/aromantic and recognizes the deep value of her friendships. Fulford-Brown's soft-spoken, sensitive narration may enhance listeners' empathy for Georgia, helping them push through the character's angst and adolescent uncertainty to arrive at the affirming conclusion. (The audiobook includes a bonus scene narrated by Elizabeth Schenk and Imogen Church.) R.A.H. 2023 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

DECEMBER 2021 - AudioFile

2021-09-15
A British teen works on accepting her aro-ace identity.
Eighteen-year-old White British Georgia is tired of feeling different. She loves the theoretical idea of romance and isn’t opposed to reading a steamy fanfic now and then, but real-life romantic and sexual experiences make her feel squicky. Heading off to Durham University, she’s determined that if she tries hard enough, she can have these types of attractions despite not understanding how her friends can be “out there just craving genitals and embarrassment.” When she and her two best friends—masc-leaning Colombian British lesbian Pip and White cishet Jason—join her new roommate Rooney’s attempt to revive their uni’s Shakespeare Society, drama abounds. Rooney and Pip feud and flirt, Georgia and Jason attempt to date despite Jason’s clear interest and Georgia’s clear apathy, friendships are ruined, friendships are repaired. Outgoing pansexual Rooney’s supposedly sex-positive attitude is undermined by her use of hookups as a method of self-harm. Georgia’s third-year mentor, nonbinary Indian Sunil, is a homoromantic asexual, and her older cousin Ellis is aro-ace, but their main functions are to facilitate infodumping centered on Georgia’s experiences rather than to provide rich explorations of the impact of intersectional identities. Readers should be prepared for many pages of Georgia’s vivid, unrelenting internalized aro- and ace-phobia, making this an incredibly validating mirror, an eye-opening window, or, for some, a read where the pain may outweigh the gain.
A messy, imperfect, and necessary portrayal of a drastically underrepresented identity. (resources) (Fiction. 15-adult)

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