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Now I Know It's Not My Fault

Now I Know It's Not My Fault

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 1535511583
ISBN13: 9781535511582
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 18 2016
Pages: 354
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.79 Width: 5.24 Depth: 7.99
Language: English
Alexandra Geller is a bright, underachieving fourteen-year-old coming of age in the big hair 1980's. Alex is from an accomplished, well-educated family. The sudden death of her mother five years ago, and her relationship with her well-meaning but emotionally unavailable father, leaves her unmoored and vulnerable as she tries to figure out who she is. Early in her freshman year, she's befriended by Paula Hanover, a young, attractive science teacher at her high school. Paula's irreverence and charm attracts the attention of the girls, who look up to her, and the boys, who have crushes on her. Alex is thrilled to be chosen by this woman and relishes the feeling of finally belonging to a mother figure. Paula's intentions aren't so benevolent, as she slowly and carefully draws Alex into a relationship designed to meet her own needs, not Alex's. Desperate for maternal attention, Alex finds ways to ignore the vague sense that something is wrong. Her compelling story sheds light on a common, but rarely talked about kind of trauma which is subtle, and occurs under the radar.

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