Sex & Violence

by Carrie Mesrobian

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Pub Date Oct 01 2013 | Archive Date Jul 31 2013

Lerner Publishing Group | Carolrhoda Lab ®

Teens & YA

Description

Sex has always come without consequences for seventeen-year-old Evan. Until he hooks up with the wrong girl and finds himself in the wrong place at very much the wrong time. After an assault leaves Evan scarred inside and out, he and his father retreat to the family cabin in rural Minnesota―which, ironically, turns out to be the one place where Evan can't escape other people. Including himself. It may also offer him his best shot at making sense of his life again.

Advance Praise

"This is a pitch-perfect, daring novel about how sex and violence fracture a life and the painstakingly realistic process of picking up the pieces....Utterly gripping." —starred, Kirkus Reviews

"This is an important contribution to YA lit, on par with coming-of-age classics like Rats Saw God."—Patrick Jones, author of Things Change

"Sex & Violence is an absolutely unrelenting look at life after physical and emotional trauma. It's dark and sometimes painful to watch, but it hurts even more to look away. Evan's story will sit with me for a very long time."—Trish Doller, author of Something Like Normal

"This is one hell of an impressive debut, filled with a pervasive undercurrent of fear, tension, and uncertainty you get from staring down into the deepest, darkest, coldest lake. Sex & Violence deserves shelf space alongside the classics of adolescent-themed fiction." --Andrew Smith, author of The Marbury Lens and Stick