Taming the Beast

At the tender age of fourteen, Sarah Clark is seduced by her thirty-eight-year-old English teacher, Daniel Carr, and becomes entangled in an illegal, erotic, passionate, and dangerous affair—a vicious meeting of minds and bodies that ends badly. Devastated by grief and longing, Sarah embarks upon a series of meaningless self-abasing sexual encounters, hoping to reclaim the intensity of that first relationship. Then, seven years later, Carr unexpectedly returns and Sarah is drawn again into a destructive coupling. Now that she is no longer an innocent young girl, is she strong enough to finally tame the beast within her?

A modern Lolita, Taming the Beast is an emotionally unflinching and alluring tale that introduces a powerful new writer.

Author: Emily Maguire
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 09/19/2006
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.32w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780061122163

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2006 pg. 651
Publishers Weekly 07/24/2006 pg. 34

About the Author
Maguire, Emily: -

Emily Maguire divides her time among teaching English, writing nonfiction pieces, and working on her next novel. She is the recipient of a 2003 Australian Society of Authors Mentorship, and she lives in Sydney.