Ebook {Epub PDF} Testimony by Anita Shreve

Testimony Anita Shreve, Little, Brown Co. pp. ISBN Summary At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape.  · testimony by Anita Shreve ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 21, A sex scandal at a Massachusetts prep school seen through the eyes of students, teachers, parents and anyone else of even peripheral relevance.  · What I discovered was that Testimony is a story different from Shreve's other novels. Most of her novels deal with a woman who falls in love in some life altering way--but Testimony is definitely different. Testimony still deals with a life changing event--but instead of love its a sex scandal at a tony private school/5.

Review: Testimony by Anita Shreve Compelling in places, but predictable and populated by underdeveloped characters, says Natasha Tripney. About Anita Shreve: Born October to a pilot and a homemaker, Anita Shreve is the best selling author of the critically acclaimed novel, the Pilots Wife among others. She was influenced early on in life by reading Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton whilst she was a junior in high school and also anything written by Eugene O'Neill while she as a. ** 'Anita Shreve's latest novel, TESTIMONY is one of her best. With her acute eye for behaviour and an exquisite ear for dialogue, Shreve explores the actions and reaction that will destroy a community through their all-too-human desire s' EXPRESS ― ** 'Anita Shreve is a phenomenon. As ever - and even though the novel is written from.

Testimony Anita Shreve, Little, Brown Co. pp. ISBN Summary At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. Beautifully written, TESTIMONY is a cautionary tale that explores the precipitating factors and aftermath of a student sex scandal at a private Vermont high school. Told through the alternating personal testimonies of 21 people involved or impacted, its creative structure is an all-out exploration of viewpoint: first-, third-, and even second-person, in past and present tenses. I've read a few of Anita Shreve's novels and liked them. Testimony was no different. It's a very powerful story that grabs your attention from the beginning and keeps you hooked to the end. The beginning of the novel introduces us to a devastating videotape that involves two boys 18 years old, one boy 19 years old and a very young girl, aged