{"product_id":"9780008342272","title":"My Dark Vanessa: The SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AS SEEN ON TIKTOK","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAn instant \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 DYLAN THOMAS AWARD\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e'A package of dynamite' Stephen King\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e‘Powerful, compulsive, brilliant’ Marian Keyes\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eAn era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eALL HE DID WAS FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO A MONSTER\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNuanced, uncomfortable, bold and powerful, \u003cem\u003eMy Dark Vanessa \u003c\/em\u003egoes straight to the heart of some of the most complex issues of our age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Dark Vanessa, a literary fiction by Sunday Times bestselling author Kate Elizabeth Russell, is a top-rated book that explores the uncomfortable realities of love and abuse. This bold and powerful narrative compels readers to question their understanding of relationships and victimhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Hanya Yanagihara (The People in the Trees), Mona Awad (Bunny), Riley Sager (The Only One Left), Ottessa Moshfegh (Death in Her Hands), and Donna Tartt (The Goldfinch).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kate Elizabeth Russell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46888987525269,"sku":"9780008342272","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008342272.jpg?v=1776888215","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008342272","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}