![]() ![]() K eeping You a Secret is more than simply a story of a young woman discovering that she is a lesbian. But Cece is there for Holland, telling her ' You're a normal person and a beautiful person and you should be proud of who you are.' Old friends also show their true colors, some supportive and some not. She experiences the pain and the joy of a secret love, and when it's discovered she does indeed fall off a precipice, and loses her ' sense of belonging'. This arouses some nasty reactions, and Holland begins to see prejudice and hate in her classmates.Īs Holland's feelings for Cece develop, she starts to feel that she is ' Running out of tomorrows'. ![]() Cece is out, proud of it, and wants to start a gay club in the school. Then Cece, a new girl in school and Holland's classmate in art, appears on the scene and Holland feels as if she is ' teetering on the brink of a precipice'. ![]() ![]() Holland seems to have it all - gorgeous, an athlete, and brilliant in school, she's also the President of the Student Council and paired with another popular student leader, Seth.īut Holland feels smothered by Seth and by her controlling mother, and distanced from old friends. K eeping You a Secret is the sensitively written story (aimed at older teens) of a young woman's awakening to her sexual orientation. Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters ![]()
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