Annie On My Mind

By: Nancy Garden

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman

Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

This groundbreaking book, first published in 1982, is the story of two teenage girls whose friendship blossoms into love and who, despite pressures from family and school that threaten their relationship, promise to be true to each other and their feelings.

©2007 Nancy Garden (P)2008 Listening Library

Finally got to hear this!!!

I've been meaning to read AOMM for years, but never was able to find it at the library: so glad I was able to find and listen to the audiobook version! A beautifully-written love story with a universal message about love conquers all, whether gay, straight, bisexual, questioning, etc. AOMM is a touchstone, a pioneer for LGBTQ YA novels, and I'm glad to have finally gotten to hear the tale. Highly recommend!!!

Annie on My Mind

I love the book. It is a beautiful love story, beautifully written. It has an important message about love, loving someone, and being loved. I didn't want the story to end, and in my heart it hasn't. It's just beginning!

High School is an Amazing Journey

Liza meets Annie in a museum where she finds her singing. The instantly bond and become best friends. Although totally different in just about every way, they discover that life apart is not possible. Such a painful journey and yet a wonderful one. Wonderful performance. Great interview with the author. Great YA story.

New Favorite Book

This book is entertaining and heartwarming. It touched me in a way that books have not in years. I'm so glad that I read it. Annie is so relatable and her journey as a character is bittersweet yet beautiful. Though this book was written almost 30 years ago, it still holds up today and could have been written today. Characters are well developed. Story is engaging. The text is beautifully written. 10/10 would reccomend. I'm going to buy a physical copy of the book so that way I can read it again and again and share it with others.

A timeless story about love

A novel that changed my life when I first read it as a teenager. An audio book that reminded me what it felt like to feel seen at an age when the future was uncertain and scary. A story that still uplifts me and reminds me of the glimmer of hope at the end of hard times.

Amazing

I read this book back in middle school it was my first book I ever read I was 14 I’m 30 now so 16 years ago back then you could check out a book from your school library for if I can remember a week and a half I ended up checking out twice to reread it cuz it was amazing the book helped me see who I really was and what I was going through as well it’s such an amazing book and good pretext to it it’s fool of love anger excitement nerve-racking confusion and most of all trust I told my little sister who is my age when I read it to go look for it at her school after thanksgiving that she is going to cuz she her self is going through what I was back then I told her all about the book and she is excited I told her if it’s not there tell me cuz I know they took it out of a lot of school shortly after maybe 2015 or 16 but if you want excitement and I job a hook lgbt book please read this

we need a sequel!

one of my absolute favorites! I need a Sequel to it though! please Nancy garden!?

A teenaged love story, first and for most.

This is a love story about two seventeen year olds falling in love in the 80s. It just happens that they are both girls. The story is a classic romance that is a little bit predictable, but beautifully written nonetheless. Well worth a read/listen, and perfect for any teens out there that are questioning there sexuality.

Clearly Dated, But a Nice Story Regardless

What made the experience of listening to Annie On My Mind the most enjoyable?

The story, as a whole, is quite enjoyable (though clearly dated). There are certainly struggles and conflict but the book doesn't read like some other LGBT books that are so tragic and violent--that they made me concerned for the youth reading them. This book has some hope and a potential for a happy ending in a way that some others certainly didn't. For me, that was one of the most enjoyable.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Some of the dialogue felt really inauthentic and forced so I wish that would have been a bit better (or maybe it was just so predictable). I actually cringed a few times during conversations because it just felt that awkward to me--though this could absolutely be a result of the book being over 30 years old.

There were also a few actual story details that I didn't love--I didn't like how things played out with various things at Foster (trying not to give spoilers).

Which character – as performed by Rebecca Lowman – was your favorite?

Liza is the most obvious answer. Generally speaking, I enjoyed Rebecca's story telling--not my favorite but it was certainly good and none of the voices were really bothersome.

Any additional comments?

Although dated, I really felt I had to read such a pioneering book for this genre!

Beautifully written engaging love story

I loved this book. The writing is lovely and descriptive, and the development of the romance and the characters feels very true-to-life. I would recommend this book to anyone.