![]() ![]() ![]() Readers first suspect the girl's murder is related to the hazing. EASY INNOCENCE unfolds in layers, like the peeling of an onion. Q-Did you include the teen prostitution angle because you were a writer developing a plot or because you were a mom trying to send a message to other parents? A- It started as a plot device. I started to wonder what that said about the lengths girls go to in order to be accepted by their peers, as well the values we're teaching our daughters. But the fact that girls from seemingly stable middle-class families were hooking for money to buy designer clothes, toys, and gadgets - that was a shock. Not so much the fact that teen prostitution exists - I knew that. Q-As a single parent how did the research and findings on teen prostitution affect you?Ī- It was sobering. ![]() I started to wonder what would have happened if a girl had been killed instead. A hazing incident at a nearby high school had just occurred - it made the national media - and several teenagers ended up in the ER. My daughter was starting high school, I was recently separated, and I doubted my ability to be the single mother of a teenage girl. Q-How did you happen to write a story and plot like EASY INNOCENCE?Ī- Some books come from a vision. ![]()
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