The brilliant Tom Ellen & Lucy Ivison, YA authors of Lobsters, are stopping by today to talk to us about YA novels and virginity.
VIRGINITY IN YA NOVELS: MYTHS AND EXPECTATIONS by Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison
There's a line near the end of our book, Lobsters, that goes: "You can only lose your virginity once. It's the only big milestone between being born and getting married".
This pretty much sums up why we wanted to write a book about sex - and, in particular, virginity - in the first place. It is, as Ron Burgundy would say, kind of a big deal.
Our characters, Sam and Hannah, have both just finished their A-Levels, and the thing weighing most heavily on their respective minds is the idea of going to university as virgins. All their friends seem to have done the deed and, to them, it almost feels as if they're the last virgins on earth - viewed by everyone around them as totally clueless.
Continue reading Sex in Teen Lit Month II - Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison: Virginity in YA Novels
VIRGINITY IN YA NOVELS: MYTHS AND EXPECTATIONS by Tom Ellen and Lucy IvisonThere's a line near the end of our book, Lobsters, that goes: "You can only lose your virginity once. It's the only big milestone between being born and getting married".
This pretty much sums up why we wanted to write a book about sex - and, in particular, virginity - in the first place. It is, as Ron Burgundy would say, kind of a big deal.
Our characters, Sam and Hannah, have both just finished their A-Levels, and the thing weighing most heavily on their respective minds is the idea of going to university as virgins. All their friends seem to have done the deed and, to them, it almost feels as if they're the last virgins on earth - viewed by everyone around them as totally clueless.
Lobsters by Tom Ellen & Lucy Ivison (review copy) - Sam and Hannah only have the holidays to find 'The One'. Their lobster. 
