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Bezig met laden... Our Little Secretdoor Allayne Webster
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Edwina’s best-friend’s older sister, Anne-Marie, has been raped, and the topic of her small town’s gossip is: did she ‘ask for it’ – were her clothes too slutty, was she too flirtatious, had she been drinking at the time? This theme of consent /ambiguous consent /non consent to sexual advances is explored with confidence and forthrightness by the author. Edwina finds herself flattered by the attention of Tom, a much older young man. Her choices are clouded by her experimentations with alcohol and drugs. She knows she said ‘no’, but she continues to see Tom and submit to his demands for sex. They eventually break up and it is some time before a kindly teacher, herself a rape survivor, suspects what has happened to Edwina and offers her support. This is a message-driven novel. Webster juxtaposes the plight of Anne-Marie, who is silenced, doubted and unsupported, with Edwina, who is supported and encouraged to speak by her courageous teacher. The messages are clear and uncompromising. Unfortunately, this quite clinical approach to the storytelling carries over to the people in the story. They lacked depth and emotion, and seemed reduced to the message-relaying roles that the author had assigned them. It’s a big message though, and, from any and every source, one that every girl needs to hear. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Edwina (Ed) is growing up in a town where nothing ever happens, and she has Attila the Hun for a mother. But then Tom Atkinson comes along. Tom's good-looking and he notices her, even though he's 25 and she's just a kid. Trouble is, he wants it to be a secret, just between the two of them. Maybe that's because he's a workmate of Ed's dad. Soon Ed is living an even lonelier existence, where there are no rules, and it seems there's no-one who can help her. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The plot of Our Little Secret is quite predictable at times. Indeed, we are all familiar with Edwina’s story from newspapers and television. Where this book really shines is not through its storyline, but through how that storyline is used to create a novel. The writing style is comfortable and fluent, the dialogue believable, and the description evocative. When the theme of sexual abuse is first introduced, Webster cleverly juxtaposes it with the more innocent sexuality of young adolescents. The characters are realistic, but still diverse and interesting. In short: the writing is everything it needs to be to create a fluid and memorable novel.
Before I read Our Little Secret, there were so many things that I didn’t understand about sexual abuse. I didn’t understand how victims can feel responsible for the abuse, or why they might want to keep it secret from people who could help them. I didn’t understand the lasting emotional trauma that it can cause, or how this trauma can lead to problems such as eating disorders. As confronting as this novel may be, I am very glad to have read it, and would definitely recommend it to others who want to understand the issue of sexual abuse on a more complex level. The blurb isn’t far wrong when it says that this is ‘a story every girl should read.’ ( )