{"product_id":"my-dark-vanessa-9780008342241b","title":"My Dark Vanessa","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAn instant \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e bestseller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 DYLAN THOMAS AWARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALL HE DID WAS FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO A MONSTER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVanessa Wye was fifteen years old when she first had sex with her English teacher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVanessa 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForced 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNuanced, uncomfortable, bold and powerful, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMy Dark Vanessa\u003c\/span\u003e goes straight to the heart of some of the most complex issues of our age.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'A package of dynamite' Stephen King\u003cbr\u003e‘Powerful, compulsive, brilliant’ Marian Keyes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42822860308560,"sku":"9780008342241B","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780008342241-l.jpg?v=1785889818","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/my-dark-vanessa-9780008342241b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}