My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher
"All he did was fall in love with me and the world turned him into a monster."
Vanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher.
She is now thirty-two and in the storm of allegations against powerful men in 2017, the teacher, Jacob Strane, has just been accused of sexual abuse by another former student.
Vanessa is horrified by this news, because she is quite certain that the relationship she had with Strane wasn't abuse. It was love. She's sure of that.
Forced to rethink her past, to revisit everything that happened, Vanessa has to redefine the great love story of her life – her great sexual awakening – as rape. Now she must deal with the possibility that she might be a victim, and just one of many.
Nuanced, uncomfortable, bold and powerful, My Dark Vanessa goes straight to the heart of some of the most complex issues of our age.
About the Author
Kate Elizabeth Russell is originally from eastern Maine. She holds a PhD in creative writing from the University of Kansas and an MFA from Indiana University. Her work has appeared in Hayden's Ferry Review, Mid-American Review, and Quarterly West, among other journals, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin. This is her first novel.
Format: Paperback | 384 pages
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.4 x 2.7 | 582g
Publication Date: Dec 2020
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: 4th Estate
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0008342288
ISBN13: 9780008342289
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some minor, but obvious, damage to the cover including minor scuff marks along the edges and obvious creasing on the bottom-right corner of the front cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.