Deliver us from Evie

by M. E. Kerr

Small town Missouri sets the stage for a family grappling with a sensitive subject: homosexuality.

Our narrator, Parr Burrman, navigates the tricky topic of lesbianism in a small farming town. Parr is the younger brother of Evie, the definitive dyke. For years, Evie has been mocked for her boyish ways, but her family has always attributed her masculine ways to her interest in farming. After all,

farmers aren’t exactly feminine.

Things come to a head when Evie starts dating Patsy Duff, daughter of the town’s banker. The Burrman family is then forced to deal with their own feelings about sexuality and acceptance.

This is a decent (and different) look at a topic often explored in young adult literature.

 

8/22/13