Tampa

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I may not care about youth and beauty as much as others, but I know many who do, and they could easily be her. The opening chapters when Celeste is alone with her thoughts are a work of pure perverse genius and I can imagine this text being studied in a classroom before being banned by several states for being inappropriate.

At the same time though, you want them to continue because you know that if the characters’ secrets are found out then this fascinating story will be over.

So how do I explain Alissa Nutting’s Tampa? This slim novel tells the story of a beautiful young eighth-grade teacher who repeatedly statutorily rapes one of her students. It’s not history. It’s definitely not a classic. And I don’t think it ever took the pop culture world by storm. Yet it ended up in my hands, and I read it, cover to cover. Yeah, this is one of those polarizing books. It asks the uncomfortable question "If a gorgeous 26 year old teacher wants to bed a very willing 14 year old student of hers, is it really rape?" A wise man once wrote "the best villain is the one who thinks he's the hero" and Celeste definitely thinks she's in the right. This sexual fixation runs her life. Every moment of her existence is spent finding ways to satiate the insatiable. Sarah Churchwell (2 August 2013). "Tampa by Alissa Nutting – review". the Guardian . Retrieved 8 December 2014.

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/04/10392755/made-for-love-book-changes-writer-alissa-nutting-interview This book is based on the real-life case of Debra Lafave, who was busted in, yes, Tampa in 2005 for "Lewd or Lascivious Battery" against a 14 year old boy. She was his teacher. She was 23 at the time. It tells the story of an imprisoned paedophile and his correspondence with a 19 year old girl experiencing similar desires for a young boy. They definitely aren’t the sort of pen pals your mum encouraged you to write to! By the way, I still stand by everything I said in this review... if you disagree and want to have a discussion, insulting me is not the way to do that. I will dismis you. I do not respond to insults/patronization. Mrs Price, an 8th grade teacher, has an unadulterated sexual obsession with 14 year old boys. Not just any 14 year old boy, but lesser developed boys. Once any sign of manhood manifests itself, she not only loses interest, she is repulsed.and, no, i do not have children nor do i deal with them in my day-to-day, but i watch svu, so i know what's what. Plot-wise, Tampa gets off to an excellent start. Celeste is just starting out at as a high school teacher – the moment that she’s been waiting years for as she can finally be in the company of the teenage boys she so craves, day in, day out. She writes her own account of Sheba’s downfall and defends her friend saying her aim is to “shed light on the complex nature of her personality”.