Summary of Vanessa Springora's Consent

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 I was often found sleepingwalk- ing in the middle of the night, crawling backward down the stairs to get to the front door.

I was living in an attic apartment made up of a series of former maids' rooms.#2 I was six years old when my parents divorced.

I went to a new school, and became best friends with another little girl, named Asia.

We learned to read and write together, and explored the neighborhood.

My mother and I had no one to keep an eye on us at home.#3 My father made a few brief appearances in my life.

On his return from a trip to the other side of the world, he popped over to our apartment to wish me a happy eighth birthday.

He brought me the convertible Barbie camper van that all little girls my age dreamed of.

I was thrilled with it.#4 After my parents' separation, I saw less and less of my father.

He would usually show up for dinner at expensive restaurants, and would sometimes slip a banknote into the elastic of a waitress's panties or brassiere.

I would wait for him, often half an hour late.