{"product_id":"my-dark-vanessa","title":"My Dark Vanessa","description":"An instant \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller\n          SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 DYLAN THOMAS AWARD\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'A package of dynamite' Stephen King\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'Powerful, compulsive, brilliant' Marian Keyes\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \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\n          \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\n          \u003cp\u003eVanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \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\n          \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\n          \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\n          \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\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 384 pages | Published January 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63168567640413,"sku":"9780008342289","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780008342289.jpg?v=1769012530","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/my-dark-vanessa","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}