If Loving You Is Wrong

The Shocking True Story of Mary Kay Letourneau

By Gregg Olsen
(St. Martin's True Crime, Mass Market Paperback, 9780312970123, 384pp.)

Publication Date: August 1999

Other Editions of This Title: Paperback

Categories: General

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Teacher's Pet
Within hours of giving birth to her sixth child, Mary Kay Letourneau had her baby daughter whisked from her arms. She was then shackled and returned to her jail cell. Just years ago, the pretty, personable Seattle schoolteacher was living a life many would envy-- she had a handsome husband, four beautiful children, and a beloved following of students. Then she was accused of child rape, and her whole world turned upside down.

Rapist Or Victim?
How did a 34-year-old married teacher fall in love with one of her sixth-grade students? Was it a complete lapse of judgment, or-- as she contends-- the meeting of two soulmates? Were the two planning to run away together-- before police caught them in a parked car? Did the couple have illicit sex in every room of the Letourneau house, as the teenager told the tabloids? Read about the case that shocked the world and rocked the headlines-- about the lonely life of Mary Kay Letourneau and the young object of her obsession, the boy who fathered two of her children. You may think you know the story of Mary Kay Letourneau-- but you don't know the whole story until you've read...If Loving You Is Wrong.

Includes interviews with Mary Kay Letourneau.




About the Author

Gregg Olsen is the acclaimed author of several true crime books, including: The Confessions of an American Black Widow, Abandoned Prayers, Bitter Almonds, Mockingbird, and Starvation Heights.




Praise For If Loving You Is Wrong

"Wonderfully researched...Searing and brilliant...A must-read!"-- Ann Rule, bestselling author of Bitter Harvest

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