My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellAn instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 'A package of dynamite' Stephen King 'Powerful, compulsive, brilliant' Marian Keyes An era defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen year old girl and her teacher ALL HE DID WAS FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO A MONSTER Vanessa Wye was fifteen years old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now thirty two and

lyrical story of childhood

Shortlisted for the Hennessy New Writing Awards in 2016 and 2018

It happens when we shout or if we disagree

They learn to rely on each other and discover that their destinies are bound up in the intensity of their relationship

yet from such adversities he wrote works 'to bestir the hearts of men and angels'

in June 1944

'I will probably re-read it every year of my life' Caitlin Moran

[This book] is a treasure

its architecture and

'Alone with the dead

'People can only be free in relation to one another

A life truly worth living is one that is informed and considered so a degree of philosophical insight into the inevitabilities of the human condition is inherently important and such an approach will help us to deal with real personal dilemmas