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46/100Critics
93/100Scholars
Author:
Jill Ciment
Publisher:
Pantheon
Date:
June 11, 2024
A deft, somewhat shocking, memoir-a 21st-century Lolita turned upside down, told from the point of view of the girl, the author, seen in the context of the current discourse on sexual harassment and abuse in the era of #MeToo. A close-up look at the ardent, willed love affair between the author and her art teacher that began when she was 17 and he, 47, married with two children, and the contortions and erotic wild ride their illicit, urgent passion took them on as it turned into an improbable but blissful marriage that lasted for 45 years until his death at 93.
What The Reviewers Say
Probing.
Her remarkable new book—at once forthright, thoughtful, and moving— broaches many questions.
Enthralling.
Ciment scatters questions like confetti, letting them lie where they land.
