Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #24 pick!
Length: 304 pages/7 hours 50 minutes.
Narrator: Sarah Bierstock.
Genre: General Fiction
From The Publisher:
An incisive, deeply resonant debut novel about a nonconsensual sexual encounter that propels one woman’s final semester at an elite New England college into controversy and chaos—and into an ill-advised affair with a married professor
It’s the winter of 1998 and Isabel Rosen has one semester left at Wilder College, a prestigious school in New Hampshire with a wealthy, elite student body and the sort of picturesque buildings college brochures were invented to capture. The only daughter of a Lower East Side appetizing store owner, Isabel has always felt out of place at Wilder, and the death of her mother shortly before she arrived on campus left her feeling unmoored in a way that’s proven hard to shake. Now, right as she’s coming to believe she’s finally found her place, the fallout from a nonconsensual sexual encounter with one of the only other Jewish students on campus leaves Isabel reeling.
Enter R.H. Connelly: a once-famous poet and Isabel’s married writing professor, a man with secrets of his own. Connelly makes Isabel feel seen, beautiful, talented; the woman she longs to become. His belief in her ignites a belief in herself. The two begin an affair that shakes the foundation of who Isabel thinks she is, for better and worse.
Set against the backdrop of the Clinton and Lewinsky scandal, My Last Innocent Year is a coming-of-age story about a young woman on the brink of sexual and artistic awakening, navigating her way toward independence while recognizing the power, beauty and grit of where she came from. Timely and wise, it reckons with the complexities of consent, what it means to be an adult, and whether or not we can ever outrun our bad decisions.
Why I Can’t Wait to Read My Last Innocent Year:
This sounds like an emotional read with a powerful message. I enjoy coming of age stories and I want to see how Isabel changes throughout the course of the book.
Does this book sound like one you’d like to read? Or, have you been lucky enough to have already read it? Let me know in the comments!
Other Editions of Can’t Wait Wednesday:
Can’t Wait Wednesday #23 – The Good Luck Cafe
Can’t Wait Wednesday #22 – One Month of You
Can’t Wait Wednesday #21 – The Friendship Breakup
Fransic verso
Wow, this is interesting, I like that it’s short and has a good story. This is fun series and love checking your book suggestions.
thathappyreader
Thank you Fransic!
Stephanie
This sounds like quite an intense read. Probably not the kind of book I would pick up, due to the nature of the content and the way it might trigger me, but I hope you absolutely love reading it!
thathappyreader
Thanks Stephanie. I completely understand about the triggers in this book.
Carla
It certainly does sound very emotional. I hope it is a good read when you get to it, Jodie.
thathappyreader
Thanks Carla.
Christina Trama
This definitely sounds like one I would read! I haven’t heard of it before, definitely going to be adding it to my Goodreads list!
thathappyreader
Thanks for reading Christina!
thathappyreader
I wish I could check it out Harvee but Norton is still saying your site is unsafe and blocks me!
Wendy Williams
I like the sound of this one. I just added it to my TBR.
thathappyreader
I hope that we both enjoy it Wendy!
According to Chren
This sounds like a powerful read. We don’t know if we could read something like this.
thathappyreader
Thanks for reading!