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For my final paper in my favorite class so far, the assignment was to write out a course of narrative therapy with a fictional LGBTQ character. We were to include dialogue and explanations of the theoretical basis for what we were doing.
I initially meant to choose Maud, one of the two Victorian lesbian heroines in Sarah Waters' dark, twisty Gothic thriller Fingersmith
. But the Japan trip cut my time short, and I realized that the historical nature and the lack of a recent re-read meant I wouldn't be able to do it justice.
Instead, I went for a character in a contemporary novel which I knew very well, Robertson Davies' The Lyre of Orpheus. (It's the last book in The Cornish Trilogy
, but can be read alone. The character in therapy only appears in the final book.) I counseled Schnak, the inarticulate, eccentric, teenage genius composer.
Cut for being very long (7 pages double-spaced) and for containing spoilers. Though it's not really the sort of book where plot spoilers matter that much.
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I initially meant to choose Maud, one of the two Victorian lesbian heroines in Sarah Waters' dark, twisty Gothic thriller Fingersmith
. But the Japan trip cut my time short, and I realized that the historical nature and the lack of a recent re-read meant I wouldn't be able to do it justice.Instead, I went for a character in a contemporary novel which I knew very well, Robertson Davies' The Lyre of Orpheus. (It's the last book in The Cornish Trilogy
, but can be read alone. The character in therapy only appears in the final book.) I counseled Schnak, the inarticulate, eccentric, teenage genius composer. Cut for being very long (7 pages double-spaced) and for containing spoilers. Though it's not really the sort of book where plot spoilers matter that much.
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series, AND to a 10-year-old who likes mysteries and 
. To clarify: a single book must appeal to BOTH kids. 
. Lots of issues regarding social narratives, personal "stories," "problem-saturated narratives," queerness, and "madness" there! (I could also counsel them as a couple, but we haven't yet gotten into couple's counseling so I don't feel on firm ground with that.)
