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Tea and sympathy

by Robert Woodruff Anderson

Boarding schoolsDramaIdentityMarried womenSexualityYoung menAmerican dramaAdolescence

This groundbreaking drama explores a sensitive young man's coming of age amid the taunts and suspicions of his classmates and teachers at a private boy's academy. Only a sympathetic act of compassion by the wife of the headmaster gives young Tom the courage to grow into a man.

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Book data: Open Library