The Manor House Governess

A Novel

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Pub Date 07 Nov 2023 | Archive Date 12 Sep 2023

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With a genderfluid protagonist and 21st-century twist, this spirited debut pays homage to the British classics while joyfully centering a LGBTQ+ point of view, perfect for fans of Emily M. Danforth.

This charming, immersive read “reminds all queer people, now more than ever, we deserve to take up space and matter” (Kosoko Jackson).

Orphaned young and raised with chilly indifference at an all-boys boarding school, Brontë Ellis has grown up stifled by rigid rules and social “norms,” forbidden from expressing his gender identity. His beloved novels and period films lend an escape, until a position as a live-in tutor provides him with a chance to leave St. Mary’s behind.

Greenwood Manor is the kind of elegant country house Bron has only read about, and amid lavish parties and cricket matches the Edwards family welcomes him into the household with true warmth. Mr. Edwards and the young Ada, Bron’s pupil, accept without question that Bron’s gender presentation is not traditionally masculine. Only Darcy, the eldest son, seems uncomfortable with Bron—the two of them couldn’t be more opposite.

When a tragic fire blazes through the estate’s idyllic peace, Bron begins to sense dark secrets smoldering beneath Greenwood Manor’s surface. Channeling the heroines of his cherished paperbacks, he begins to sift through the wreckage. Soon, he’s not sure what to believe, especially with his increasing attraction to Darcy clouding his vision.

Drawing energy and inspiration from Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen, E.M. Forster, and more, while bowing to popular fiction such as Plain Bad Heroines, The Manor House Governess is destined to become a modern classic.

With a genderfluid protagonist and 21st-century twist, this spirited debut pays homage to the British classics while joyfully centering a LGBTQ+ point of view, perfect for fans of Emily M. Danforth.

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ISBN 9781639105601
PRICE $29.99 (USD)
PAGES 336

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