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Flanders Point

Jacquie Gordon (1997)

SubgenreContemporary Romance
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
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SettingContemporary
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ViolenceNot rated
Sexual contentModerate
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Flanders Point is a spit of land on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, the site of a small, financially troubled girls' prep school called Haddam. To this school comes Charlotte Delafield, a gawky teen hoping to surmount the aftermath of her parents' difficult divorce, and Brian Parton, a restless young writer and English teacher. Through the everyday events of Charlotte's senior year - conflicts and misunderstandings in the classroom, as well as flashes of inspiration and learning, an annual outdoor Shakespeare production, and walks in the still, wild marshland of Flanders Point - the two find themselves drawn to each other. Under increasing emotional pressure, the barrier between student and teacher cracks but does not break - until graduation day.