Foreword
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 Lorrie Baxter, the initiation into the world of sexuality brings with it a swirling confusion of conflicting emotions. Impeded by the strict moral teachings of her religious mother, Lorrie cannot admit to herself that she has sexual desires, desires that are a natural part of being human. It is only after she is forced to participate in sexual acts of every description, after she becomes involved in a web of passion and lust and carnality that she at last must come face to face with her own nature and accept her basic sensuality.
Lorrie's is the story of an average teen-aged girl's struggle to make the transition into adulthood, a struggle evolving behind the facade of her day-to-day existence, yet inexorably leading her onward into maturity. Lorrie's is an intimate reminder of the pitfalls standing in the way of those growing up. It is a lesson to society. A reflection of our times.
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