Binding: Paperback
Description: AS Featured IN THE HULU Documentary KEEP THIS Between US A dark relationship evolves between a high schooler and her English teacher in this breathtakingly powerful memoir about a young woman who must learn to rewrite her own story. Have you ever read Lolita? So begins seventeen - year - old Alisson's metamorphosis from student to lover and then victim. A lonely and vulnerable high school senior Alisson finds solace only in her writing and in a young charismatic English teacher Mr. North. Mr. North gives Alisson a copy of Lolita to read telling her it is a beautiful story about love. The book soon becomes the backdrop to a connection that blooms from a simple crush into a devastating and dangerous bond. But as Mr. North's hold on her tightens Alisson is forced to evaluate how much of their narrative is actually a disturbing fiction. In the wake of what becomes a deeply abusive relationship Alisson is faced again and again with the story of her past from rereading Lolita in college to working with teenage girls to becoming a professor of creative writing. It is only with that distance and perspective that she understands the ultimate power language has had on her and how to harness that power to tell her own true story. Being Lolita is a stunning coming - of - age memoir that shines a bright light on our shifting perceptions of consent grooming vulnerability and power. This is the story of what happens when a young woman realizes her entire narrative must be rewritten and then takes back the pen to rewrite it.
Title: Being Lolita A Memoir
Author(s): Wood Alisson
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Barcode: 9781250217233
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/3/2021
Category: Memoirs