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* Title: Extra Geography
* Author(s) name(s): Rose Tremain
* ISBN (or ASIN): n/a
* Publisher: Prospect Magazine
* Publication Date Year: 2007
* Publication Date Month: 07
* Publication Date Day: 31
* Page count: n/a
* Format (such as paperback, hardcover, ebook, audiobook, etc):
* Description: Set in a chilly 1950s English boarding school, Rose Tremain’s poignant short story "Extra Geography" captures the intoxicating intensity of adolescent infatuation and the bittersweet transition into adulthood. The narrative follows fourteen-year-old best friends Minna and Flic, whose mundane school routines are completely upended by the arrival of Miss Rosalind Delavigne, a glamorous and fiercely independent geography teacher from New Zealand. Consumed by an obsessive crush, the girls voluntarily study "extra geography" to win her favour, losing themselves in the romanticized, exotic topography of a distant land to escape their rigid reality. However, when they accidentally stumble upon a scandalous secret regarding Miss Delavigne's private life, their romantic illusions are abruptly shattered, forcing them to confront the complex, uncompromising realities of the adult world and marking the precise, painful moment their childhood innocence is lost.
* Language (for non-English books): English
* Link to book page which includes the cover and other books data on a NON-BOOKSELLER site, such as a publisher site, an author site, etc. Publishers who sell their own published books are an acceptable source: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/cu...

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