{"product_id":"innocents-cathy-coote-9780802139276","title":"Innocents","description":"Written when Cathy Coote was nineteen, \u003ci\u003eInnocents \u003c\/i\u003eis a taut, wickedly clever descent into the anatomy of an obsession, the debut of a precociously assured and provocative young literary voice. Forcing someone vulnerable and naive into a sexual relationship to satisfy a twisted desire is perverted, even evil. But when the perpetrator is a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl, is she culpable? And if the victim is her thirty-four-year-old teacher, shouldn't he have known better? When the nameless young narrator of \u003ci\u003eInnocents\u003c\/i\u003e decides to seduce her teacher, she immediately realizes that the power of her sexuality is greater than she ever imagined. She leaves the aunt and uncle who are her guardians and moves in with her teacher; together, they quickly embark on a journey into their darkest desires. Unforgettable, disturbing, and morally complex, \u003ci\u003e Innocents\u003c\/i\u003e permanently unsettles our notions of innocence, experience, and power, and suggests that we all are culpable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cathy Coote\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802139272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802139276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.56w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2002 pg. 899\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2002 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/20\/2002 pg. 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2002 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Nov\/Dec 2002\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2002 pg. 1","brand":"Cathy Coote","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48240986358015,"sku":"9780802139276","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7467ef80-35cf-44d9-ae0a-5155fd125932.jpg?v=1772652238","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/innocents-cathy-coote-9780802139276","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}