Bobby Blanchard, lesbian gym teacher

by Monica Nolan

Paperback, 2010

Notes

Delightful little number written in the style and set in the times of 1950s lesbian pulp fiction.

Description

Wayward Schoolgirls! Wild Passions! And Winning At Any Cost... Welcome to Metamora Academy for Girls, where some rules are made to be broken. Roberta "Bobby" Blanchard is crushed when an accident forces her to leave the glamorous world of professional field hockey. As Games Mistress at Metamora Academy, she's dismayed to learn that sports take a backseat to literary and artistic pursuits. But Bobby's arrival at the elite boarding school will unearth more than one girl's hidden abilities, and spur some ardent rivalry between pupils--and teachers--on and off the field, including... Laura Burnham--the bohemian Art Mistress, sultry, seductive... And married... Enid Butler--the Math Mistress has a natural eye for figures... Mrs. Mona Gilvang--housekeeper and resident "merry widow," she stirs up more than hot cocoa... Carole Kerwin and Angela Cohen O'Shea--the student body's most promising athletes have nothing in common... Until they join Bobby's team... Miss Craybill--Could Metamora's revered headmistress have something sinister to hide? With a fearsome field hockey team to build and the suspicious death of the former Math Mistress to solve, Bobby Blanchard has her hands full. But the intrepid gym teacher has a knack for uncovering every girl's secrets. And along the way, she may just learn some thrilling lessons about love...… (more)

Collection

Call number

H NOL

Awards

ALA Over the Rainbow Book List (Selection — Fiction — 2011)

Publication

New York : Kensington Books, 2010

Physical description

290 p.; 8.18 inches
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