In this meditation on Nabokov's Lolita, author Lynn Matheson updates the famous story to fit the modern-day controversies of female teacher/male student relationships. There have been arrests all over the United States and the United Kingdom, and in this day and age, you can't turn on the news without seeing a woman arrested for abusing her power over children.

In this daring novel, Matheson examines the mentality of such a woman. What would drive someone to do such a thing?

Orla is a teacher at an English boarding school. She hates her job and often thinks to herself...