What a dream come true, right? Seven hundred and fifty boys and thirty girls? But the reality is that it’s either like living in a fish bowl or like you don’t exist. The rest of the place is all male and I know what you’re thinking if you’re a girl. St Sebastian’s pretends it’s co-ed by giving us our own toilet. Saving Francesca gives me diamonds on every page.įrancesca Spinelli is one of thirty girls at St Sebastian’s, a previously ‘all-boys’ school that has opened its doors to girls in Year Eleven for the first time ever.’ She misses the feeling of belonging she had at her old school with her old friends: I long for these moments of empathy that can turn an otherwise forgettable book into a treasure in my bookshelf. Sometimes a scene will get me, or a character, or a turn of phrase. When I read fiction, regardless of genre, I automatically seek a sense of connection with the words on the page. Not to to be effusive or anything, but this is the book that began my love affair with Melina Marchetta’s books.
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