My dark Vanessa : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062941503
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Physical Description:
regular print
372 pages ; 24 cm - Publisher: New York, New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020.
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Badges:
- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 5 / 5.0
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Subject: | Teacher-student relationships -- Fiction Teenage girls -- Fiction Sex crimes -- Fiction |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 20 of 24 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 24 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Terrace Public Library | RUS (Text) | 35151001101815 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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Asked to help defend an older high-school English teacher with whom she had an affair at age 15, Vanessa struggles to choose between her romantic teen illusions and harrowing adult perceptions. 250,000 first printing. A first novel. - HARPERCOLL
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERÂ
â[An] exceedingly complex, inventive, resourceful examination of harm and power.â âThe New York Times Book Review, Editorsâ Choice
âA lightning rod . . . brilliantly crafted.ââThe Washington Post
Recommended by The New York Times â¢Â USA Today ⢠Entertainment Weekly â¢Â Marie Claire ⢠Elle â¢Â Harper's Bazaar â¢Â Newsweek ⢠New York Post ⢠Esquire â¢Â Real Simple ⢠The Sunday Times ⢠The Guardian ⢠and more!
Exploring the psychological dynamics of the relationship between a precocious yet naïve teenage girl and her magnetic and manipulative teacher, a brilliant, all-consuming read that marks the explosive debut of an extraordinary new writer.
2000. Bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye becomes entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful forty-two-year-old English teacher.
2017. Amid the rising wave of allegations against powerful men, a reckoning is coming due. Strane has been accused of sexual abuse by a former student, who reaches out to Vanessa, and now Vanessa suddenly finds herself facing an impossible choice: remain silent, firm in the belief that her teenage self willingly engaged in this relationship, or redefine herself and the events of her past. But how can Vanessa reject her first love, the man who fundamentally transformed her and has been a persistent presence in her life? Is it possible that the man she loved as a teenagerâand who professed to worship only herâmay be far different from what she has always believed?
Alternating between Vanessaâs present and her past, My Dark Vanessa juxtaposes memory and trauma with the breathless excitement of a teenage girl discovering the power her own body can wield. Thought-provoking and impossible to put down, this is a masterful portrayal of troubled adolescence and its repercussions that raises vital questions about agency, consent, complicity, and victimhood. Written with the haunting intimacy of The Girls and the creeping intensity of Room, My Dark Vanessa is an era-defining novel that brilliantly captures and reflects the shifting cultural mores transforming our relationships and society itself.