{"product_id":"innocents-paperback","title":"Innocents - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCathy Coote\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young novelist \"turns Nabokov on his head in this tale of an Aussie Lolita who sets her sights on a witless teacher . . . enthralling and ultimately sobering\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten when Cathy Coote was nineteen, \u003ci\u003eInnocents \u003c\/i\u003edraws readers into the anatomy of an adolescent obsession. We all know that manipulating someone naïve and vulnerable into a sexual relationship to satisfy a twisted desire is wrong-even evil. But when the perpetrator is a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl, is she culpable? And if the victim is her thirty-four-year-old teacher, shouldn't he have known better?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the nameless young narrator of Innocents decides to seduce her teacher, she immediately realizes that the power of her sexuality is greater than she ever imagined. She leaves the aunt and uncle who are her guardians and moves in with her teacher; together, they quickly embark on a journey into their darkest desires. Unforgettable, disturbing, and morally complex, \u003ci\u003eInnocents \u003c\/i\u003epermanently unsettles our notions of innocence, experience, and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Coote is a natural, wryly dissecting the workings of human desire.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCathy Coote\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1977. She won both the \u003ci\u003eCanberra Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e Young Writer of the Year awards in 1995. This is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.24 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51894756213024,"sku":"9780802139276","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/N4jdInd2un9780802139276.webp?v=1782025024","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/innocents-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}