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Innocence

by Jane Mendelsohn

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

In her electrifying follow-up to the acclaimed bestseller, I Was Amelia Earhart, Jane Mendelsohn delivers a modern gothic coming-of-age story, a devastating X-ray of American culture, and a piercing, playful, and poetic exploration of the inner life of a teenage girl growing up in New York City.

Review:

"Innocence is a kind of Rosemary's Baby channeled through J.D. Salinger....It's a graceful, delusionary teenage thriller unusually in touch with young characters' emotional workings, and, at the same time, a book by someone who clearly understands the tricks that make Stephen King's pages turn. In the novel, a teenaged girl named Beckett witnesses or imagines a series of murders and grows increasingly convinced that reality masks a demonic conspiracy by the adult world to destroy her innocence and corrupt everyone she trusts." Dennis Cooper, Village Voice

Review:

"Remarkable....A truly thrilling read. This dark and gothically twisted novel from the author of I Was Amelia Earhart gives us the city as a wicked stepmother?s poisonous fruit, its beauty baneful, its sweetness deadly....Mendelsohn?s genius lies in her ability to keep both the fantastical and the ordinary in focus at the same time...a brilliant balancing act." Newsday

Review:

"Borrowing classic ingredients from the genres of horror films and popular literature, Mendelsohn has concocted a coming-of-age tale about a Manhattan girl?s adolescence; this is a story of innocence, all right, but that nebulous concept today means finding your way in a media-saturated, sometimes dangerous culture." Boston Sunday Globe

Review:

"Mendelsohn is a smart, clever writer who has created a...novel that rivets with well-paced scenes, lyrical prose, and moments of profound insight. By playing with the worst stereotypes about women and giving eloquent nod to her cinematic forebears, Mendelsohn gives voice and image to a new generation?s female howl." The Providence Sunday Journal

Synopsis:

In this follow-up to her acclaimed bestseller "I Was Amelia Earhart", the author delivers a modern gothic coming-of-age story, of the playful and poetic exploration of the inner life of a teenage girl growing up in New York City.
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About the Author

JANE MENDELSOHN'S first novel, I Was Amelia Earhart, spent fourteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was published in fifteen languages.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781573228749
Author:
Mendelsohn, Jane
Publisher:
Riverhead Books
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Horror
Subject:
Stepmothers
Subject:
Teenage girls
Subject:
Horror - General
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Publication Date:
20010531
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
5 x 7 x 1 in 0.5 lb
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Product details 208 pages Riverhead Books - English 9781573228749 Reviews:
"Review" by , "Innocence is a kind of Rosemary's Baby channeled through J.D. Salinger....It's a graceful, delusionary teenage thriller unusually in touch with young characters' emotional workings, and, at the same time, a book by someone who clearly understands the tricks that make Stephen King's pages turn. In the novel, a teenaged girl named Beckett witnesses or imagines a series of murders and grows increasingly convinced that reality masks a demonic conspiracy by the adult world to destroy her innocence and corrupt everyone she trusts."
"Review" by , "Remarkable....A truly thrilling read. This dark and gothically twisted novel from the author of I Was Amelia Earhart gives us the city as a wicked stepmother?s poisonous fruit, its beauty baneful, its sweetness deadly....Mendelsohn?s genius lies in her ability to keep both the fantastical and the ordinary in focus at the same time...a brilliant balancing act."
"Review" by , "Borrowing classic ingredients from the genres of horror films and popular literature, Mendelsohn has concocted a coming-of-age tale about a Manhattan girl?s adolescence; this is a story of innocence, all right, but that nebulous concept today means finding your way in a media-saturated, sometimes dangerous culture."
"Review" by , "Mendelsohn is a smart, clever writer who has created a...novel that rivets with well-paced scenes, lyrical prose, and moments of profound insight. By playing with the worst stereotypes about women and giving eloquent nod to her cinematic forebears, Mendelsohn gives voice and image to a new generation?s female howl."
"Synopsis" by , In this follow-up to her acclaimed bestseller "I Was Amelia Earhart", the author delivers a modern gothic coming-of-age story, of the playful and poetic exploration of the inner life of a teenage girl growing up in New York City.
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