Ode to My First Car
Robin Gow
A YA contemporary sapphic romance told in verse, by the critically praised author of A Million Quiet Revolutions, about a bisexual teen girl who falls in and out of love over the course of one fateful summer.
It’s the summer before senior year and Claire Kemp, a closeted bisexual, is finally starting to admit she might be falling in love with her best friend, Sophia, who she’s known since they were four.
Trying to pay off the fine from the crash that totals her beloved car, Lars, Claire takes a job at the local nursing home up the street from her house, where she meets Lena, an eighty-eight-year-old lesbian woman who tells her stories about what it was like growing up as gay in the 1950s and 60s.
As Claire spends more time with Lena and grows more confident of her identity, another girl, Pen, comes into the picture, and Claire is caught between two loves—one familiar and well-worn, the other new and untested.
Duration - 18h 7m.
Author - Robin Gow.
Narrator - Natalie Naudus.
Published Date - Friday, 20 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2023 Robin Gow ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
A YA contemporary sapphic romance told in verse, by the critically praised author of A Million Quiet Revolutions, about a bisexual teen girl who falls in and out of love over the course of one fateful summer. It’s the summer before senior year and Claire Kemp, a closeted bisexual, is finally starting to admit she might be falling in love with her best friend, Sophia, who she’s known since they were four. Trying to pay off the fine from the crash that totals her beloved car, Lars, Claire takes a job at the local nursing home up the street from her house, where she meets Lena, an eighty-eight-year-old lesbian woman who tells her stories about what it was like growing up as gay in the 1950s and 60s. As Claire spends more time with Lena and grows more confident of her identity, another girl, Pen, comes into the picture, and Claire is caught between two loves—one familiar and well-worn, the other new and untested. Duration - 18h 7m. Author - Robin Gow. Narrator - Natalie Naudus. Published Date - Friday, 20 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Robin Gow ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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DEDICATION
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QUOTE
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DAD SAYS
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PTI YOU, LARS
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JUST LAST WEEK
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I KNOW
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I KNEW IT WAS ALL OVER FOR ME
Duration:00:01:29
SECRETS
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ME THE FAMILY'S LONE QUEER
Duration:00:02:51
AT SCHOOL
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SUSPICIONS
Duration:00:02:13
OPPOSITES ATTRACT
Duration:00:01:38
SINGING IN THE RAIN
Duration:00:01:52
MY BROTHER AND I
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ODE TO LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE
Duration:00:01:29
TRAPPED IN TRAPPE PA
Duration:00:02:41
DO I HAVE MY PHONE
Duration:00:00:27
I HAVE LIKED SOFIA
Duration:00:02:25
CLAIRE CLAIRE HELLO
Duration:00:01:08
FAREWELL
Duration:00:02:29
DRIVING HOME
Duration:00:01:30
MOM AND DAD AND CHRIS AND ME
Duration:00:02:58
WHAT I WANT
Duration:00:03:13
ODE TO THIS SUMMER
Duration:00:01:07
SLEEPOVER
Duration:00:03:22
A TERRIBLE IDEA
Duration:00:01:38
ODE TO OUR FIRST DRIVE ALONE
Duration:00:01:22
WHAT I REALLY WANT
Duration:00:01:26
THE PLAN
Duration:00:01:17
COMING OUT (SORT OF)
Duration:00:03:15
BISEXUAL
Duration:00:01:58
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
Duration:00:01:19
STAYING UP LATE
Duration:00:01:20
CURFEW
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NEXT YEAR
Duration:00:01:43
WALKING BACK
Duration:00:01:55
FALLING ASLEEP
Duration:00:01:03
A GUIDE FOR NOT GETTING IN MORE TROUBLE
Duration:00:01:36
EXECUTING THE PLAN
Duration:00:01:41
TEXTING
Duration:00:01:37
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START WITH THIS
Duration:00:00:41
WHAT DID PEOPLE DO BEFORE THE INTERNET
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ODE TO BEING SEVENTEEN
Duration:00:01:05
I WONDER IF I'LL EVER GET BETTER AT TELLING PEOPLE HOW I FEEL
Duration:00:00:34
CHRIS AND I
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THANK GOD
Duration:00:01:35
ODE TO ESCAPING
Duration:00:01:03
MEDIUM-SIZED EVERYTHING
Duration:00:01:45
FREEDOM
Duration:00:03:43
FLIRTING TAKE 1
Duration:00:00:51
FLIRTING TAKE 2
Duration:00:00:33
ODE TO IMAGINING A DREAM FIRST DATE
Duration:00:01:38
I MISS YOU, LARS
Duration:00:01:58
WHAT I HAD IN MIND
Duration:00:01:44
I CALL SOPHIA EVEN THOUGH IT'S LATE AT NIGHT
Duration:00:02:45
SUMMER SUCKS
Duration:00:01:06
SUMMER JOB
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SUMMER JOB II
Duration:00:02:15
SUMMER JOB III
Duration:00:00:32
PEN PICKS ME UP IN HER SMART CAR
Duration:00:02:23
WE GO TO THE TRAIL LIKE WE'D PLANNED
Duration:00:01:33
PEN ASKS
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BRUSHING SHOULDERS
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YES, YOU CAN HAVE SEX IN A SMART CAR
Duration:00:01:02
INTERRUPTED
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AFTER
Duration:00:00:28
ODE TO PEN'S CAR
Duration:00:00:18
WHEN I GET HOME
Duration:00:03:02
THINKING OF SOPHIA
Duration:00:01:47
I LAY THE PHONE ON MY CHEST
Duration:00:00:40
WHEN I'M FEELING MAD AT MOM AND DAD
Duration:00:01:08
ODE TO GAS STATIONS
Duration:00:02:08
FINDING A SUMMER JOB
Duration:00:00:58
VENTING
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PACING
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THEY WANT TO SEE ME FOR AN INTERVIEW TODAY
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EVERYONE WHO WORKS AT CARING COLLEGE WEARS THE SAME UNIFORM
Duration:00:01:13
HER NAME IS TAMMY
Duration:00:00:35
I STEP OUT INTO THE HOT AFTERNOON
Duration:00:01:18
BUZZING
Duration:00:00:26
HOME
Duration:00:00:41
SEVEN A.M.
Duration:00:01:46
BAD IDEA
Duration:00:02:20
DRIVING WITH DAD
Duration:00:02:07
SORRY
Duration:00:00:36
A NIGHTMARE
Duration:00:00:45
I WISH I COULD
Duration:00:00:20
FIREFLY CATCHING
Duration:00:01:45
WE SHARE MEMORIES
Duration:00:00:36
WE FILL OUR MASON JARS
Duration:00:00:32
AM I JEALOUS OF THEO
Duration:00:00:43
I HATE BEING JEALOUS LIKE THIS
Duration:00:00:48
WE DRINK LEMONADE
Duration:00:02:54
STRAIGHT BEST FRIEND
Duration:00:01:12
NUSING HOME DAY 1
Duration:00:01:57
LENA IS AMAZING
Duration:00:02:33
TWO QUEER PEOPLE
Duration:00:00:37
WORKING
Duration:00:01:46
LENA'S ROOM
Duration:00:03:45
AFRICAN VIOLET
Duration:00:01:05
OVERWATERING
Duration:00:00:48
A FEW DAYS PASS AND
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PAYCHECK
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WHATEVER-TEXTING
Duration:00:00:51
DINNER TABLE
Duration:00:01:38
CHRIS CAN BE A GOOD BROTHER SOMETIMES
Duration:00:01:26
WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER
Duration:00:00:44
MOM
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CAN YOU BE IN LOVE WITH TWO PEOPLE AT ONCE
Duration:00:00:25
EVERYDAY IN THE SUMMER FEELS LIKE SATURDAY
Duration:00:01:29
HOLDING HANDS
Duration:00:01:45
WE END UP AT THE BOOKSTORE
Duration:00:01:11
SITTING IN COMFY BOOKSTORE CHAIRS
Duration:00:00:38
ODE TO IMAGINING A DIFFERENT ENDING
Duration:00:01:26
BACK AT HOME IN BED
Duration:00:01:55
TAKING THE BUS
Duration:00:00:35
SOPHIA AND THEO
Duration:00:02:07
CAN BEST FRIENDS GROW APART THIS FAST
Duration:00:01:44
ODE TO LAST SUMMER
Duration:00:00:47
NURSING HOME SHIFT
Duration:00:01:04
BUT I --
Duration:00:00:46
READING TERMINAL MARKET
Duration:00:00:56
GIRLS WHO LIKE GIRL
Duration:00:00:29
ADVICE
Duration:00:01:00
I TELL LENA
Duration:00:00:27
TWO GIRLS
Duration:00:00:30
TALKING ABOUT PEN AND SOPHIA
Duration:00:00:52
WHAT TO DO
Duration:00:01:20
ODE TO WALKING
Duration:00:01:04
I LET MYSELF CHECK MY MESSAGES AND I HAVE
Duration:00:00:11
THE ONE TIME I DON'T CHECK MY PHONE
Duration:00:01:14
I WANT TO TURN OFF MY PHONE
Duration:00:00:53
CLASSROOM DEBATE
Duration:00:01:48
I CALL SOPHIA
Duration:00:02:43
I TEXT PEN
Duration:00:02:19
PEOPLE ARE STRESSFUL
Duration:00:01:27
IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS WHIRLING
Duration:00:00:48
CHRIS KNOCKS
Duration:00:03:17
COMING-OUT PRODUCTIONS
Duration:00:02:13
I CAN'T BELIEVE I MIGHT WANT TO DO THIS
Duration:00:00:42
WE'RE BOTH SCROLLING ON OUR PHONES
Duration:00:00:13
ODE ANTI-ODE TO FUTURES
Duration:00:00:43
AMBULANCES
Duration:00:00:42
I WORRY IN CIRCLES
Duration:00:00:35
JOAN'S DAUGHTER
Duration:00:01:10
MOMS
Duration:00:03:05
INVITATION
Duration:00:01:37
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL TELL PEN AND SOPHIA
Duration:00:00:32
LARS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO
Duration:00:00:59
DIFFERENT WORLDS
Duration:00:00:57
BAD DECISION I
Duration:00:00:13
BAD DECISION II
Duration:00:00:43
BAD DECISION III
Duration:00:01:03
REGRETS
Duration:00:01:06
WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME
Duration:00:02:48
THERE ARE FEW THINGS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN CANCELED PLANS
Duration:00:01:21
ODE TO MYSELF AS A FUTURE OLD BISEXUAL
Duration:00:00:37
COMING-OUT VIDEOS
Duration:00:01:10
HAIRCUTS
Duration:00:00:43
MOM'S HAIRCUTS
Duration:00:01:18
BUTCH
Duration:00:01:06
WATCHING CHRIS GET HIS HAIR CUT
Duration:00:01:22
ODE TO MY HAIR
Duration:00:01:24
GIRLS WITH SHORT HAIR
Duration:00:00:29
ARE YOU SURE
Duration:00:01:22
CLUB SANDWICHES
Duration:00:00:48
NEW HAIRCUT
Duration:00:01:22
THIS HAIRCUT MAKES ME LOOK BUTCH AND I LOVE IT
Duration:00:00:22
ODE TO WALKING WITH MY BROTHER
Duration:00:01:34
SENIOR TALENT SHOW
Duration:00:01:56
THE SHOW SO FAR
Duration:00:00:54
HOT COLD
Duration:00:00:43
LENA PERFORMS
Duration:00:00:53
ODE TO SOPHIA'S VOICE
Duration:00:00:50
AFTER THE SHOW
Duration:00:01:07
SHE'S JUST MY FRIEND
Duration:00:00:46
I'M GOING TO STOP SEEING PEN
Duration:00:00:32
A POEM FOR SOPHIA THAT SHE WILL NEVER SEE
Duration:00:01:23
JULY NIGHT
Duration:00:01:33
DINNER AT MY HOUSE
Duration:00:01:42
LASAGNA
Duration:00:00:55
DESCRIBING LENA
Duration:00:00:58
TESTING THE WATERS
Duration:00:01:18
CHRIS'S IDEA
Duration:00:01:03
MY IDEAL COMING OUT STORY
Duration:00:00:28
TIME IN THE SUMMER
Duration:00:01:09
DRAMA PART I
Duration:00:00:28
IT'S NOT ABOUT THEO
Duration:00:01:30
WHY WOULD PEN ASK IF ME AND SOPHIA WERE TOGETHER
Duration:00:00:45
QUEER GIRL STEREOTYPES
Duration:00:01:17
ODE TO SUNDAY MORNINGS
Duration:00:01:25
CHURCH BATHROOM
Duration:00:01:08
SISTER ANGELICA
Duration:00:01:16
CAR RIDE HOME
Duration:00:00:27
COUNTDOWN 350 DAYS
Duration:00:00:50
ANOTHER COUNTDOWN 20 DAYS
Duration:00:00:18
NURSING-HOME FOOD
Duration:00:00:53
CANNED PEACHES
Duration:00:02:24
DATING IN YOUR EIGHTIES
Duration:00:02:17