"Navigating issues of sex, class, and gender, this novel is a must read." - Cosmopolitan "A unique and sexy coming-of-age story that turns the prep school novel on its head, Indecent is the kind of book you won't be able to stop thinking about." - Bustle Indecent by Corinne Sullivan is about a female teacher's affair with a student at a boarding school. "The disturbingly painful depiction of the struggle to be at home within one's skin will move teens with its well-written, haunting, and illuminating story of a young woman spinning out of control." - School Library Journal Imogene's backstory.will have readers sympathizing with her as she works through her past." - Library Journal " steamy debut, in which infatuation crosses the line into obsession.
The danger of being caught doing something possibly illegal and so indecent. The danger of losing herself in the wrong person.
Who is this boy who flirts with her without fear of being caught? Who is this boy who seems immune to consequences and worry a boy for whom the world will always provide?Īs an obsessive, illicit affair begins between them, Imogene is so lost in the haze of first love that she’s unable to recognize the danger she’s in. When Imogene meets handsome, popular Adam Kipling a few weeks into her tenure there, a student who exudes charm and status and ease, she’s immediately drawn to him. So, shortly after her college graduation, when she’s offered a teaching position at the Vandenberg School for Boys, an all-boys prep school in Westchester, New York, she immediately accepts, despite having little teaching experience-and very little experience with boys. Shy, introverted Imogene Abney has always been fascinated by the elite world of prep schools, having secretly longed to attend one since she was a girl in Buffalo, New York. "Sullivan's debut is a smart and delicious page-turner." - BooklistĮxploring issues of class, sex, and gender, Indecent by Corinne Sullivan is a smart, sexy debut that shatters the black-and-white nature of victimhood, taking a close look at blame and moral ambiguity.
" surprising debut.an affecting novel, examining self-doubt, self-sabotage, and the lasting impact of both." - Publisher's Weekly Corinne Sullivan’s debut that bestselling author Jennifer Close called “a sharp and complex coming-of-age story,” now in trade paperback.
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