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Jean historical fiction I can't explain myself withoutSet over one hot summer, a startlingly assured debut about the kinds of love that break us and make us whole. One afternoon in 1976, teenagers Jean and Tom share an almost imperceptible look across the grounds of Compton Manor, a boarding school for boys with problems. Their gaze marks a secret intimacy, one defined as much by violence as by friendship and desire. As the boys connection deepens, so too does the risk that surrounds it. Jean son of a