A Fair Maiden

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Publication Year:
2010

ISBN-13: 9780547394411

<DIV><B>A teenager&rsquo;s involvement with an older man is not what it appears in a tale of seduction by the <I>New York Times</I> bestselling author of <I>We Were the Mulvaneys</I>.</B><BR /> &#160;<BR /> Sixteen-year-old Katya Spivak is out for a walk on the gracious streets of Bayhead Harbor with her two summer babysitting charges when she&rsquo;s approached by silver-haired, elegant Marcus Kidder. At first his interest in her seems harmless, even pleasant; like his name, a sort of gentle joke. His beautiful home, the children&rsquo;s books he&rsquo;s written, his classical music, the marvelous art in his study, his lavish presents to her&mdash;Mr. Kidder&rsquo;s life couldn&rsquo;t be more different from Katya&rsquo;s drab working-class existence back home in South Jersey, or more enticing. But by degrees, almost imperceptibly, something changes, and posing for Mr. Kidder&rsquo;s new painting isn&rsquo;t the lighthearted endeavor it once was.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> What he wants from Katya is something she can&rsquo;t comprehend. What Katya wants from him is something else again. As their relationship deepens, and twists, the question is who&rsquo;s seducing whom? And to what end?<BR /> &#160;<BR /> From a National Book Award winner and #1 <I>New York Times</I> bestselling author, <I>A Fair Maiden</I> is &ldquo;fresh, current and gripping&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. the insight shrewd and the violence vivid&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. [an] intense and thought-provoking work of fiction&rdquo;(<I>New Statesman</I>)<I>.</I><BR /> &#160;</DIV>