false 228334 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 228334 5 189152 28 8 2000 Innocence total:123|5:25|4:31|3:41|2:14|1:12| 123 412 185 24 113935 3.31 513 87 7125704 435985 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.36 96 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 4 1 true Mon Oct 01 21:52:19 -0700 2007 Sun Feb 10 12:32:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 6192424 374924 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 4 1 false Fri Sep 14 07:09:55 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 07:10:43 -0700 2007 5596821 306597 195582 1573228745 9781573228749 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172594579m/195582.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172594579s/195582.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195582.Innocence 3.30 27 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 5 1 false Mon Sep 03 14:55:32 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 14:55:38 -0700 2007 38893158 1758003 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 4 0 false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 15:20:07 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 11:02:45 -0800 2008 1 60640529 1149375 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 0 0 true Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Jun 22 09:45:28 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 09:48:09 -0700 2009 74738900 2088369 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 3 0 false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 11:00:43 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 11:03:13 -0700 2009 40341443 821081 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 3 0 false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 17:07:11 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 11:05:22 -0800 2008 61310978 929049 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 3 0 false Mon Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Jun 27 13:34:40 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 13:34:40 -0700 2009 67132683 2619431 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 5 0 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Aug 12 15:02:23 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 15:03:44 -0700 2009 41088343 1766034 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 0 0 false Sun Dec 28 09:41:07 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 09:41:11 -0800 2008 39324732 1230659 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 3 0 false Thu Dec 04 16:43:52 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 16:44:28 -0800 2008 23477942 1157860 195582 1573228745 9781573228749 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172594579m/195582.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172594579s/195582.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195582.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 3 0 false Sat Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jun 01 19:17:38 -0700 2008 Fri May 08 09:23:46 -0700 2009 I bought this one a whim from the Bargain section for $3.99 less 30%. This is the kind of book I want to write. A dark and disturbing tone throughout, a poetic - yet monotone - narrative voice, and blurred edges with dreams. It's a coming of age fairytale in N...more...]]> 66868973 2376924 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 1 0 false Mon Aug 10 13:04:47 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 04:31:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 10893314 65207 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 5 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 18:47:08 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 12:59:27 -0800 2007 more...]]> 11380781 718504 195582 1573228745 9781573228749 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172594579m/195582.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172594579s/195582.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195582.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 3 0 false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 01 09:19:21 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 16 05:18:46 -0800 2009 1 Started: 1/14/09
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199pps]]> 48724125 1082264 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 0 1 false Mon Mar 09 14:03:32 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 07:54:18 -0700 2009 27794944 872942 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 0 0 false Sun Jul 20 16:18:13 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 16:20:29 -0700 2008 23281034 328052 195582 1573228745 9781573228749 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172594579m/195582.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172594579s/195582.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195582.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 5 0 false Thu May 29 22:16:57 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 22:18:49 -0700 2008 30331018 773001 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

]]> 2000 3 0 false Sat Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 16:13:02 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 14:13:16 -0700 2008 12189359 545392 228334 1573221643 9781573221641 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725m/228334.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885725s/228334.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228334.Innocence 3.35 123 Following the quiet wedding of Pamela and Beckett's father, held in the apartment, Beckett opens her bathroom door to find the toilet full of blood. At once she recognizes the blood as "a sacred symbol, a message, a warning, a sign." In fear, she imagines it spilling over the bowl, splashing her hands and face. "Then the fear dies down," Beckett explains, "and I see that the blood is just a liquid, nothing but a surprise. But as the loud, throaty sound of the flush fills my head and I turn off the light, I know that the blood means something. I know that the blood is not just a surprise. I know that it is meant for me." Using Carol Clover's concept of the final girl--the one who survives by learning to kill--in slasher films, Jane Mendelsohn (I Was Amelia Earhart) offers a brilliant and sinister vision of a schoolgirl's loss of innocence. As for the virgin suicides, the bats, the bloody bundles in the freezer, the reader comes to realize, with Beckett, that it doesn't matter what is real, only what is true. --Regina Marler

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