{"product_id":"9780008342289","title":"My Dark Vanessa","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Kate Elizabeth Russell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUSA\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 21 January 2021 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 28mm | 262g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 DYLAN THOMAS AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A package of dynamite' Stephen King\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Powerful, compulsive, brilliant’ Marian Keyes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ALL HE DID WAS FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO A MONSTER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Vanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Nuanced, uncomfortable, bold and powerful, My Dark Vanessa goes straight to the heart of some of the most complex issues of our age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kate Elizabeth Russell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57548676366661,"sku":"9780008342289","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780008342289.jpg?v=1774887225","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780008342289","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}