Finistere: Little Sister’s Classics series

First published in 1951 by Farras, Straus & Giroux, then reprinted by Lancer books in 1968, this novel is a lovely coming-of-age story of a young American who visits France with his mother after his parents’ divorce, where he engages in a doomed love affair. With an introduction by Michael Bronski, the celebrated cultural commentator and author of such titles as Culture Clash, The Pleasure Principle and Pulp Friction.