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03118aam a22004218i 4500 001 39524E7ADB9811EAAFE110FF96128E48 003 SILO 005 20200811010110 008 200310t20202020nyu e 000 0aeng 010 $a 2020011918 020 $a 1250217210 020 $a 9781250217219 035 $a (OCoLC)1112260806 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d GK8 $d OCL $d JAS $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV6592 $b .W66 2020 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Wood, Alisson, $e author. 245 10 $a Being Lolita : $b a memoir / $c Alisson Wood. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Flatiron Books, $c 2020. 300 $a 294 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "A dark romance 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. He praises her as a special and gifted writer, and she blossoms under his support and his vision for her future. 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 relationship that blooms from a simple crush into a forbidden romance, with Mr. North convincing her that theirs is a love affair rivaled only by Nabokov's masterpiece. But as time progresses and his hold on her tightens, Alisson is forced to evaluate how much of that 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 of obsession, passion, and manipulation, shining a bright light on our shifting perceptions of consent, 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Wood, Alisson. 650 0 $a Sexually abused teenagers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a High school girls $x Abuse of $z United States. 650 0 $a Teacher-student relationships $z United States. 650 0 $a Sexual harassment in education $z United States. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012030230.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20211215030325.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20201103012416.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20201002012621.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20200812033806.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=39524E7ADB9811EAAFE110FF96128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search