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Innocents

By: Cathy Coote
Narrated by: Lucky Summer
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Written when Cathy Coote was 19, Innocents is 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 16-year-old schoolgirl, is she culpable? And if the victim is her 34-year-old teacher, shouldn't he have known better?

When the nameless young narrator of Innocents 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, Innocents permanently unsettles our notions of innocence, experience, and power, and suggests that we all are culpable.

©1999 Cathy Coote. Recorded by arrangement with Grove Atlantic, Inc. (P)2014 Audible Inc. Fiction Literary Fiction Genre Fiction
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I only listened because I enjoyed the narration. found myself getting distracted with the story

pretty boring

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It isn't the themes of the book, It's the detestable main character and verbose prose.

I think I hate this book.

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it's was all my dark thoughts and narratives put in a different perspective and I loved it

I'm a freak and I like it

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Erotic story you’d be embarrassed to get caught listening to, but I found the story interesting and pretty well written for what it is.

Definitely A headphone listen

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This was not what I thought it would be, it was very off putting. Some people may like it. I thought there would be more a twist and less of a weird story.

Too Awkward

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