It wasn’t easy fitting in at an exclusive girls’ boarding school like Huntington Hill. But in her senior year, Jinx finally felt like she belonged. Lexie–beautiful, popular Lexie–wanted her for a friend. Just being near her new friend made Jinx feel dizzy and wonderful. Jinx knew she had a big crush on Lexie, and that she had to do something to make it go away. But Lexie had other plans–and Lexie always got her way. A classic lesbian novel about two private school girls who are deeply attracted to each other. CRUSH was one of the first novels of its time to explore the mind and feelings of a girl exploring her attraction to another girl. It became an overnight bestseller in the lesbian and women’s community in the 1980s. The new edition has a forward by well-known psychotherapist Dr. Marny Hall, author of The Lavender Couch and The Lesbian Love Companion. CRUSH was first published by Little, Brown, then Avon Books, then Alyson Publications. Now Futcher’s own Women Gone Wild Press is releasing this new edition.
Genre: YA Fiction (Young Adult)
Subjects: Lesbian Students; Lesbians; Lesbians - Fiction; Schools - Fiction
Publication History
| ISBN | 9780316297493 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Date | 1981 |
| Publication Date | October 1981 |
| Publisher | Little Brown and Company |
| Format | Hardcover |
| No. of Pages | 255 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Not Rated |
| ISBN | 9780380674626 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Date | 1981 |
| Publication Date | February 1984 |
| Publisher | Avon Flare Book |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 256 |
| Language | English |
| Notes | Avon/Flare 67462 |
| Rating | Not Rated |
| ISBN | 9781555836023 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Date | 1994 |
| Publication Date | January 1, 1994 |
| Publisher | Alyson Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 248 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Not Rated |
| ISBN | 155583602X |
|---|---|
| Copyright Date | 1981 |
| Publication Date | January 1, 1994 |
| Publisher | Alyson Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 248 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Not Rated |
| ISBN | 1555831397 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Date | 1981 |
| Publication Date | January 1995 |
| Publisher | Alyson Books |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 206 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Not Rated |
| ISBN | 9780985536824 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Date | 1981 |
| Publication Date | 2014 |
| Publisher | Women Gone Wild Press |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 296 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Not Rated |
Comment
Crush was published by Little, Brown in 1981, a year before Annie on My Mind. Set at Huntington Hill, an exclusive girls' boarding school in the 1960s, it follows Jinx, a reserved, artistic senior, through her intense attraction to Lexie, the rich, beautiful classmate who adopts her as a best friend. When the school authorities decide Jinx is a lesbian, it is Jinx, not Lexie, who pays the price.
The novel was published for both teenage and adult readers and has had a long life in paperback: Avon reissued it under its Flare imprint for young adults in 1984, Alyson Publications in 1989 and 1994, and Futcher's own Women Gone Wild Press in 2014, with a foreword by the psychotherapist Marny Hall. Its publishers describe it as one of the first novels of its time to explore a girl's attraction to another girl from the inside, and readers have written of how much it meant to them as lesbian teenagers.