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Innocence

by Jane Mendelsohn

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ISBN13: 9781573221641
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At the Manhattan private school where Beckett is the new girl, the "beautiful girls" are dying off in suicide pacts. Her boyfriend, Tobey, is attacked in the bathroom of a coffee shop and winds up in a coma. Her widowed father takes up with the pretty school nurse, who, Beckett slowly discovers, is not what she seems.

Like Alice down the rabbit hole, Beckett finds herself in an incomprehensible universe, where the line between reality and fantasy is razor thin, and where nobody believes her. As she moves from girl to woman, Beckett begins to see beauty and love in a sinister, dangerous world whose values of narcissism and youth threaten to claim her.

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"A surprisingly unique mystery novel. Told in spare, melodramatic vignettes, the book has elements of both an epic poem and a horror-film screenplay." Time Out

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"Must reading for anybody who thinks teenagers today have gotten bloated with entitlement: a scarlet will-o'-the-wisp fantasy in which adults and adulthood aren't stupid stiffs but agents of unimaginable evil." Kirkus Reviews

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"The book offers an interesting spin on the traditional coming-of-age story as it keeps the reader wondering." Library Journal

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"Mendelsohn's novels...are distinguished by their vivid visualizations of mental states and delight in confusing the imagined with the real." Booklist

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"Fortunately, the mannered, self-dramatizing prose in which Mendelsohn specializes turns out to be appropriate for the mannered, self-dramatizing heroine of her new book." New York Times Book Review

Synopsis:

In an electrifying follow-up to the bestselling I Was Amelia Earhart, Mendelsohn's Innocence is a modern gothic coming-of-age story, a devastating x-ray of American culture and a piercing exploration of a teenage girl growing up in New York City.
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About the Author

Ms. Mendelsohn is married and lives in New York with her husband, filmmaker Nick Davis.
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eijay14, May 26, 2008 (view all comments by eijay14)
This book is a page-turner... very brilliant work by Jane Mendelsohn. It was able to capture the confusion and terror of teenage life in a way that no writer has ever done. Truly an exceptional work,it will leave you hanging in a somehow reflective and satisfied way.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781573221641
Author:
Mendelsohn, Jane
Publisher:
Riverhead Hardcover
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Horror
Subject:
Stepmothers
Subject:
Vampires
Subject:
Horror tales
Subject:
Teenage girls
Subject:
General Fiction
Series Volume:
49
Publication Date:
20000828
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
8.38x5.67x.87 in. .82 lbs.
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Product details 208 pages Riverhead Books - English 9781573221641 Reviews:
"Review" by , "A surprisingly unique mystery novel. Told in spare, melodramatic vignettes, the book has elements of both an epic poem and a horror-film screenplay."
"Review" by , "Must reading for anybody who thinks teenagers today have gotten bloated with entitlement: a scarlet will-o'-the-wisp fantasy in which adults and adulthood aren't stupid stiffs but agents of unimaginable evil."
"Review" by , "The book offers an interesting spin on the traditional coming-of-age story as it keeps the reader wondering."
"Review" by , "Mendelsohn's novels...are distinguished by their vivid visualizations of mental states and delight in confusing the imagined with the real."
"Review" by , "Fortunately, the mannered, self-dramatizing prose in which Mendelsohn specializes turns out to be appropriate for the mannered, self-dramatizing heroine of her new book."
"Synopsis" by , In an electrifying follow-up to the bestselling I Was Amelia Earhart, Mendelsohn's Innocence is a modern gothic coming-of-age story, a devastating x-ray of American culture and a piercing exploration of a teenage girl growing up in New York City.
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