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Worried Parent’s Story Gets Novel Treatment

November 16th, 2008 Posted in Cyber Culture, Cyber News, Internet Lingo, Parenting, Teen Issues
We all know that parents worry. In fact, this site exists for those same parents who are concerned about the effect of the Internet on their kids lives. A new novel focuses on the kind of worries parents have about raising teens.
The theme of the book is the way that one moment of bad judgment can result in a lifetime veering off track. Whether it’s falling in love, or a night of dangerous partying, this is the stuff a parent’s nightmares are made of.
Anita Shreve’s new novel - Testimony - follows on the heels of several other popular novels including The Pilot’s Wife - which was an Oprah’s Book Club selection. Here is a teaser:

The novel opens with Mike Bordwin, headmaster of Vermont prep school Avery Academy, viewing a videotape that had been dropped off at his school office. The tape is a home movie of three senior Avery Academy basketball players having sex with what appears to be a very young teenage girl.

Bordwin is shocked and disgusted. He knows these boys, and thinks highly of them. One of them is Silas Quinney, the son of a farmer who lives in town. Mike was personally responsible for Silas attending Avery Academy, and he can#’t believe Silas would do this.

Mike is torn on how he should handle this. He does not want the story to go public, although in the day of YouTube and viral videos, this is an unrealistic expectation. He discovers the name of the girl, a freshman at Avery, and brings her to his office…

Sorry. That’s all you get.

If you want to find out more, you have to read this article.

Or, read the book!

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