I began reading THE KINGDOM OF CHILDHOOD with high expectations, interested in perusing a dark novel about the crime of teacher/student rape. Judy has been teaching in private school for 20 years. She's in an unhappy marriage and has a daughter in college and a son ready to graduate high school. ...
I've seen many a Lifetime movie, but they didn't quite prepare me for this. The ick factor of the relationship between a middle aged, female teacher (mother and wife) and a 16 year old boy really creeped me out. I suppose the writing was okay, and the characters, for all in intents and purp...
It was very early, and the sunlight came through the window almost sideways, colored like pollen. The fields outside were cast in that haze. Easter had just passed, and where the table pushed up against the windowsill there was a basket made out of that plastic canvas stuff threaded with yarn, wi...
The bazaar was in full swing, with kids running rampant on the playground and drivers with “Visualize World Peace” bumper stickers flipping each other off in the parking lot. “Dude, it is crammed in there,” said Scott. “And about four hundred degrees.” “Is anybody else here?” asked Zach. Scott, h...
“You’re getting a new cellmate tomorrow,” he says. “Want to guess who it is?” “But there are only two bunks.” “Yes. They found a spot for Hernandez in Med Seg. You want to know who’s moving in?” “What? No!” I wrap my hands around the bars and hear the panicked dismay in my voice, though begging h...