My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Such a skilled, terrifying depiction of the grooming of a vulnerable 15-year-old girl by her English teacher. a brilliant, chilling portrait of manipulation and abuse of power.' - Jane Casey, author of The Missing and Cruel Acts 'I can't remember the last time a book hooked me like My Dark Vanessa. My Dark Vanessa is a must read if the year.' - Sarah Pinborough, author of Behind Her Eyes and Cross Her Heart 'Gripping, dark, prescient and searing in its emotional honesty, Extremely well done.' - Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange 'Unsettling, compulsive and deeply thought provoking. A novel that asks urgent questions and refuses easy answers.' - Elizabeth Day, author of How to Fail 'Riveting and compulsive, My Dark Vanessa unsettles with every sentence.

I loved it.' - Kristen Roupenian, author of You Know You Want This: 'Cat Person' and Other Stories 'Fascinating and devastating and brilliant. An absolute must read.' - Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl utterly truth-rattling, humane in its clarity and chilling in its resonance. 'A remarkable debut, deeply thoughtful, deeply emotional, compelling and disturbing in equal measure.' - Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves 'A hard story to read and a harder one to put down. ‘It’s been billed as “the most controversial book of the year”, yet it strikes me as a level-headed portrait of how complicated such experiences may feel… as a work of fiction, My Dark Vanessa is absolutely gripping.’ - The Observer Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 2928377001131 Number of pages: 384 Weight: 600 g Dimensions: 240 x 159 mm MEDIA REVIEWS Nuanced, uncomfortable, bold and powerful, My Dark Vanessa goes straight to the heart of some of the most complex issues our age. Now she must deal with the possibility that she might be a victim, and just one of many. She's sure of that.įorced 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. Vanessa is horrified by this news, because she is quite certain that the relationship she had with Strane wasn't abuse. 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 Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher. This signed edition contains exclusive material about the process of writing My Dark Vanessa.Īn era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacherĪll he did was fall in love with me and the world turned him into a monster.

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell