Debut Novel Exposes Real-Life Consequences for Teens
The novel, AFTER THE INK DRIES, written by Cassie Gustafson, centers on Erica Walker, a 16-year-old girl, who drank too much at a high school party and passed out.
- The novel, AFTER THE INK DRIES, written by Cassie Gustafson, centers on Erica Walker, a 16-year-old girl, who drank too much at a high school party and passed out.
- The next morning, she awakens to find she's only half clothed and lying in a strange bed.
- Her body is covered with obscene remarks, images, and her classmates' names inscribed on her skin in Sharpie, even in her most intimate areas.
- Of the novel, Publishers Weekly said: "Gustafson's debut doesn't pull punches;[T]his all-too-believable book will open eyes and start conversations about sexual assault, toxic masculinity, and victim shaming."