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 - 6h 15m. Author - Robin Gow. Narrator - Natalie Naudus. Published Date - Friday, 20 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Robin Gow ©.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Young Adult Fiction

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Natalie Naudus

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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 - 6h 15m. Author - Robin Gow. Narrator - Natalie Naudus. Published Date - Friday, 20 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Robin Gow ©.

Language:

English

Premium Episodes

Premium

Opening Credits

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:15

Dedication

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:06

Epigraph

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:11

Dad Says,

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:25

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: You, Lars

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:02

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Just Last Week

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:30

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: I know

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:02

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: I knew it was all over for me

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:29

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Secrets

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:33

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Me: The Family's Lone Queer

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:51

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: At School

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:56

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Suspicions

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:13

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Opposites Attract?

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:38

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Singing in the Rain

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:52

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: My Brother and I

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:14

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Ode to Learning How to Drive

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:29

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Trapped in Trappe, PA

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:41

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Do I have my phone?

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:27

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: I have liked Sophia since before I knew I liked girls

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:25

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: "Claire? Claire. Hello?"

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:08

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Farewell

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:29

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Driving Home

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:30

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Mom and dad and Chris and Me

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:58

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: What I Want

1/19/2023

Duration:00:03:13

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Ode to this Summer

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:07

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Sleepover

1/19/2023

Duration:00:03:22

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: A Terrible Idea

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:38

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Ode to our first drive alone

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:22

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: What I Really Want

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:26

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: The Plan

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:17

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Coming Out (Sort of)

1/19/2023

Duration:00:03:15

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Bisexual

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:58

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: I don't want to talk about it

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:19

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Staying Up Late

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:20

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Curfew

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:22

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Next Year

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:43

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Walking Back

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:55

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Falling Asleep

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:03

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: A Guide for Not Getting in More Trouble When You're 17 and Over It

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:36

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Executing the Plan

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:41

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Texting

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:37

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: I don't know even where to start with this

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:41

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: What did people do before the internet?

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:44

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Ode to Being Seventeen

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:05

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: I wonder if I'll ever get better at telling people how I feel

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:34

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Chris and I

1/19/2023

Duration:00:03:00

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Thank God!

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:35

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Ode to Escaping

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:03

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Medium-sized Everything

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:45

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Freedom

1/19/2023

Duration:00:03:43

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Flirting: Take 1

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:51

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Flirting: Take 2

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:33

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Ode to Imagining a Dream First Date

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:38

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: I Miss You, Lars

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:58

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: What I Had in Mind

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:44

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: I call Sophia even though it's late at night because I'm freaking out and I should have probably just texted her

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:45

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Summer Sucks

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:06

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Summer Job I

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:56

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Summer Job II

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:15

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Summer Job III

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:32

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Pen picks me up in her Smart car

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:23

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: We go to the trail like we'd planned

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:33

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Pen asks

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:06

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Brushing shoulders

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:44

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Yes, you can have sex in a Smart car

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:02

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Interrupted

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:46

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: After

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:28

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Ode to Pen's car

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:18

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: When I get home,

1/19/2023

Duration:00:03:02

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Thinking of Sophia

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:47

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: I lay the phone on my chest

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:40

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: When I'm feeling mad at Mom and Dad

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:08

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Ode to Gas Stations

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:08

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Finding a Summer Job

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:58

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Venting

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:37

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Pacing

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:42

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: They want to see me for an interview today!

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:40

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Everyone who works at Caring Cottage wears the same uniform

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:13

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Her name is Tammy

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:35

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: I step out into the hot afternoon

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:18

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Buzzing

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:26

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Home

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:41

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Seven a.m.

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:46

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Bad Idea

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:20

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Driving with Dad

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:07

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: "Sorry"

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:36

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: A Nightmare

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:45

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: I wish I could

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:20

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Firefly Catching

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:45

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: We share memories

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:36

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: We fill our mason jars

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:32

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Am I Jealous of Theo?

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:43

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: I hate being jealous like this

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:48

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: We drink lemonade

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:54

Part 1: Odes to You, Lars: Straight Best Friend

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:12

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Nursing Home Day 1

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:57

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Lena is Amazing

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:33

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Two Queer People

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:37

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Working

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:46

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Lena's Room

1/19/2023

Duration:00:03:45

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: African Violet

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:05

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Overwatering

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:48

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: A few days pass and

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:48

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Paycheck

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:02

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Whatever-Texting

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:51

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Dinner Table

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:38

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Chris Can Be a Good Brother Sometimes

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:26

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: When we were younger

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:44

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Mom

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:00

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Can you be in love with two people at once?

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:25

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Every day in the summer feels like Saturday

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:29

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Holding Hands

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:45

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: We End Up at the Bookstore

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:11

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Sitting in Comfy Bookstore Chairs

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:38

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Ode to Imagining a Different Ending

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:26

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Back at home in bed

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:55

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Taking the Bus

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:35

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Sophia and Theo

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:07

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Can Best Friends Grow Apart this Fast???

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:44

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Ode to Last Summer

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:47

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Nursing Home Shift

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:04

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: But I–

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:46

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Reading Terminal Market

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:56

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Girls Who Like Girls

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:29

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Advice

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:00

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: I tell Lena

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:27

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Two Girls

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:30

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Talking About Pen and Sophia

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:52

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: What to Do

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:20

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Ode to Walking

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:04

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: I let myself check my messages and I have:

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:11

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: The One Time I Don't Check My Phone

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:14

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: I want to turn off my phone

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:53

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Classroom Debate

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:48

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Advice?

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:17

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: I Call Sophia

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:43

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: I Text Pen

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:19

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: People are Stressful

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:27

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: In the midst of all this whirling

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:48

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Chris Knocks

1/19/2023

Duration:00:03:17

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Coming Out Productions

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:13

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: I Can't Believe I Might Want to Do This

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:42

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: We're both scrolling on our phones on either side of the room

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:13

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Ode / Anti-Ode to Futures

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:43

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Ambulances

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:42

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: I worry in circles

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:35

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Joan's Daughter

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:10

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Moms

1/19/2023

Duration:00:03:05

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Invitation

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:37

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: I don't know what I'll tell Pen and Sophia

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:32

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Lars, what would you do?

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:59

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Different worlds

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:57

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Bad decision I

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:13

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Bad decision II

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:43

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Bad decision III

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:03

Part 2: Odes to African Violets: Regrets ...

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:06

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: What's wrong with me?

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:48

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: There are few things more beautiful than canceled plans

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:21

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Ode to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:37

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Coming-Out Videos

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:10

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Haircuts

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:43

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Mom's Haircuts

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:18

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Butch

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:06

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Watching Chris Get His Haircut

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:22

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Ode to My Hair

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:24

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Girls with Short Hair

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:29

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: "Are you sure?"

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:22

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Club Sandwiches

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:48

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: New Haircut

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:22

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: This haircut makes me look butch and I love it

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:22

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Ode to Walking with My Brother

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:34

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Senior Talent Show

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:56

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: The Show So Far

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:54

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Hot / Cold

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:43

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Lena Performs

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:53

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Ode to Sophia's Voice

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:50

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: After the Show

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:07

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: She's just my friend

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:46

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: I'm going to stop seeing Pen

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:32

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: A poem for Sophia that she will never see

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:23

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: July Night

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:33

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Dinner at My House

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:42

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Lasagna

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:55

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Describing Lena

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:58

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Testing the Waters

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:18

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Chris's Idea

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:03

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: My Ideal Coming-Out Story

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:28

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Time in the Summer

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:09

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Drama Part 1

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:28

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: It's not about Theo

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:30

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Why would Pen ask if me and Sophia were together?

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:45

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Queer Girl Stereotypes

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:17

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Ode to Sunday Mornings

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:25

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Church Bathroom

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:08

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Sister Angelica

1/19/2023

Duration:00:01:16

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Car Ride Home

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:27

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Countdown: 350 Days

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:50

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Another Countdown: 20 Days

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:18

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Nursing-Home Food

1/19/2023

Duration:00:00:53

Part 3: Odes to Myself as a Future Old Bisexual: Canned peaches

1/19/2023

Duration:00:02:24