Taming the Beast
of Emily Maguire
Description
At the tender age of fourteen, Sarah Clark is seduced by her thirty-eight-year-old English teacher, Daniel Carr, and becomes entangled in an illegal, erotic, passionate, and dangerous affairâa vicious meeting of minds and bodies that ends badly. Devastated by grief and longing, Sarah embarks upon a series of meaningless self-abasing sexual encounters, hoping to reclaim the intensity of that first relationship. Then, seven years later, Carr unexpectedly returns and Sarah is drawn again into a destructive coupling. Now that she is no longer an innocent young girl, is she strong enough to finally tame the beast within her?A modern Lolita, Taming the Beast is an emotionally unflinching and alluring tale that introduces a powerful new writer.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 336 pages
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Publication Date September 19th 2006
- First Publication 10/28/04
- Language English
- ISBN 9780061122163
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Australia']
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