Testimony
by:
Anita Shreve (author)
At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in...
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At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Anita Shreve delivers in TESTIMONY a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller. No one more compellingly explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, the needs and fears that drive ordinary men and women into intolerable dilemmas, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780316059862 (0316059862)
ASIN: 0316059862
Publish date: 2008-10-21
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Academic,
School,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Drama,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Fiction
I've read a lot of Anita Shreve's books and have enjoyed most of them. But this one has ruined any chance that I will read another. I am surprised by some of the good reviews it has received. It is well written, but there is no redeeming the story. There is nothing positive, no HEA. Not one happy se...
Fictionalized account of a sex scandal at a New England prep school, involving three male basketball players, a female freshman, and an un-named cameraman. The males are eighteen and ninteen years old, while the girl is fourteen. By giving these ages to her characters, Shreve clearly is placing resp...
I struggled with this book, mainly because it's soooooo slow, which for a book of only 300 pages is quite a feat.Based on an actual sex scandal at a school in the states. Some stars of the basketball team get drunk fool around with a girl (14) from the school - it's videotaped and appears online. T...
Another bizarre book by Shreve. I was intrigued and read it very quickly. But it was a very depressing book.