Overview

In September 1959 Pina’s got only one thing on her mind at the elite Albert Academy: four years of blissful rooming with her heartthrob Katie, pursuing their taboo relationship of the previous summer—only one thing until Pina stumbles over the lecherous Head Mistress Craney, lurking in the hall. Pina and Katie become obsessed with the blood-curdling game of cat and mouse Craney is craftily staging in every nook and cranny, from the fire escape to the bedclothes. Aided by quirky roommates, Pina struggles to elude Craney’s clutches and her sinister machinations when Craney calls Pina’s bluff in a salacious duel of wills. Must Pina submit?

Will the scorned and unrequited Head Mistress expose Pina to her parents, and the eventuality of shock therapy?

Who will banish whom?

About Dolores Maggiore

Dolores Maggiore (1947-) was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Italian-American parents. She grew up in Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y., where from the age of three she ventured away from this home on her own. While her first solo mission landed her in a nearby cathedral, her further ventures brought her to great physical and psychic distances from Ozone Park.

In addition to teaching foreign languages and selling antiques, Dolores worked as a psychotherapist with children and couples and published reference books on lesbians and psychotherapy and child custody.

Dolores is a member of the Society of Book Writers and Illustrators, Willamette Writers, and The Golden Crown Literary Society and has won Rainbow Awards for Best YA LGBTQ & Debut Novel. Dolores lives in Portland, OR and Borrego Springs, CA with her wife, Terrie, and Murphy, the rescue poodle, and Xander, the lynx point critic. She enjoys hiking and gardening as well as birding in the rain and the desert.