Author Emma Donoghue on her Anne Lister romance, Learned by Heart: ‘There’s no erasing us’
“I didn’t choose to write a novel about 14-year-old lesbians specifically to tackle this moral panic about queer youth. I planned the novel a long time ago, and they just happen to be 14, but it does feel particularly timely.
“It’s a good moment to speak loud and clear in a mainstream-published book about queer teenagers and the timeless aspects of their love.”