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The onset of puberty inevitably brings with it the dawning awareness of sexuality, of a child’s inherent masculinity or femininity, and the struggle to put that sexuality into proper perspective with internalized standards and parentally prescribed teachings.
For some, the transition occurs with relative ease. For others, the change is marked by tension and anxiety, and a growing awareness that their world is not shaping up as expected.
For Brit and Jody, two young girls experimenting with their newly awakened sexuality, the change from childhood to womanhood is difficult and filled with anxiety. In their confusion about their sexual natures and true desires, they find themselves victims of lust rather than partners in loving.
TIED UP VIRGINS is the story of young girls searching for the meaning of sex, struggling to mature. It is a novel about the difficult transitional period through which we must all go.
Jody stopped at the steps and put her bag down. It was hot and the air felt thick and hard to breathe. She wiped her forehead and waited for her lungs to catch up, thinking, thinking . . .
At least she wouldn’t have to watch her mother anymore. Doing those things with strangers she picked up in the bars around Hollinsville. The judge had decided all that. Her mother had just shrugged and given her a pat. “Take care of yourself, sweetheart.”
Sure. Jody chewed her bottom lip. Hadn’t she always taken care of herself? Cooked for herself? Mended her own clothes?
But of course there had to be a place for her to stay. Guardians appointed by the court. And that’s where Brit’s folks had come in. Thank God for her best friend, Brit. Brit’s family was pretty loose really. There’d been talk that the court wouldn’t allow such a family to take in another child.
Fictional reading for entertainment purposes only.
Note: This story is the same as catalog number BC-1007 in the original publications (a duplicate).