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Sexually abused teenagers -- United States -- Biography.
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Wood, Alisson.
Wood, Alisson.
Sexually abused teenagers -- United States -- Biography.
High school girls -- Abuse of -- United States.
Teacher-student relationships -- United States.
Sexual harassment in education -- United States.
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Being Lolita : a memoir / Alisson Wood.
by
Wood, Alisson.
Flatiron Books, 2020.
Call #:
362.88092 W873b
Subjects
Wood, Alisson.
Sexually abused teenagers
--
United
States
--
Biography.
High
school
girls
--
Abuse
of
--
United
States
.
Teacher-student relationships
--
United
States
.
Sexual harassment in education
--
United
States
.
ISBN:
9781250217219 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
294 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"A dark romance evolves between a
high
schooler and her English teacher, in this breathtakingly powerful memoir about a young woman who must learn to rewrite her own story. "Have you ever read Lolita?" So begins seventeen-year-old Alisson's metamorphosis from student to lover and then victim. A lonely and vulnerable
high
school
senior, Alisson finds solace only in her writing-and in a young, charismatic English teacher, Mr. North. He praises her as a special and gifted writer, and she blossoms under his support and his vision for her future. Mr. North gives Alisson a copy of Lolita to read, telling her it is a beautiful story about love. The book soon becomes the backdrop to a relationship that blooms from a simple crush into a forbidden romance, with Mr. North convincing her that theirs is a love affair rivaled only by Nabokov's masterpiece. But as time progresses and his hold on her tightens, Alisson is forced to evaluate how much of that narrative is actually a disturbing fiction. In the wake of what becomes a deeply abusive relationship, Alisson is faced again and again with the story of her past, from rereading Lolita in college, to working with teenage
girls
, to becoming a professor of creative writing. It is only with that distance and perspective that she understands the ultimate power language has had on her-and how to harness that power to tell her own true story. Bing Lolita is a coming-of-age memoir of obsession, passion, and manipulation, shining a bright light on our shifting perceptions of consent, vulnerability, and power. This is the story of what happens when a young woman realizes her entire narrative must be rewritten-and then takes back the pen to rewrite it."--From publisher.
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