Ebook {Epub PDF} Gemma by Meg Tilly

Gemma: A Novel. Meg Tilly. Published by St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN ISBN Seller: Bayside Books, Ogden, UT, U.S.A. Contact seller. Seller Rating: Used - .  · Synopsis: After Hazen Wood kidnaps 12 year-old Gemma Sullivan, the two embark upon a cross-country journey that tests the limits of Gemma's endurance. In graphic scenes of physical and sexual violence, Hazen tries to destroy the young girl's will. It is only Gemma's childlike resilience and fertile imagination that protect her from the worst of the abuse she suffers. The author Meg Tilly has written a very real, true-life book with images that still burn in my mind. Gemma is a year-old girl that has a one night stand with Hazen Wood after her /5.

Gemma. By Meg Tilly. Syren, pages, $ Gemma, a novel by Meg Tilly, is a graphic if simplistic exploration of the interior world of a sexual predator and his young www.doorway.ru is best. Meg Tilly (born Margaret Elizabeth Chan on Febru) is an American-Canadian actress and writer.. For her role in the film Agnes of God, she won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting www.doorway.ru other film roles include Psycho II (), The Big Chill (), Masquerade (), and Valmont (). For her role in the television series. Tilly, an actress best known for her screen roles in Agnes of God and The Big Chill, successfully captures Gemma's wounded voice. The story is told from the point of view of both Gemma and her captor, and Tilly is equally proficient at conjuring up a revolting and consummate villain.

When Gemma turns 12, Buddy pimps her to another psycho, Hazen Wood, who kidnaps Gemma and sets out on a cross-country rape-and-torture spree. Tilly has entered Joyce Carol Oates' country, where preyed-upon girls survive by virtue of the power of their minds. Gemma is a novel that is hard to read. Meg Tilly puts us into the mind of a 36 year old man who is a pedophile. There are pages and pages of graphic sexual assault and abuse upon his victim, 12 yr old Gemma. I found myself cringing and feeling sick to my stomach reading these parts. But the abuse parts had to be told. Because this is Gemma's story. This is the official Web site of Meg Tilly, author and former actress. Read excerpts of her novels Porcupine, Gemma and Singing Songs.