AfterEllen.com - Interview with Lesl?Newman
An interview with Leslea Newman, author of YA novel Jailbait:
In Jailbait (Delacorte Press, 2005, $15.95), her new young adult novel, Heather Has Two Mommies creator Lesl?Newman takes the reader back in time and back to high school where Andrea Robin Kaplan, a lonely sophomore becomes the object of the affections of pedophile Frank. Frank’s inappropriate attentions are an unexpected reprieve for Andrea from her social outcast status at school and her dutiful daughter role at home. Although she knows it’s wrong, it is through this painful and complicated experience that Andrea is able to emerge as a stronger and smarter person, and one who regains control of her life.
Recommended (interview runs across three pages)
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