I began reading THE KINGDOM OF CHILDHOOD with high expectations, interested in perusing a dark novel about the crime of teacher/student rape. Judy has been teaching in private school for 20 years. She's in an unhappy marriage and has a daughter in college and a son ready to graduate high school. ...
I've seen many a Lifetime movie, but they didn't quite prepare me for this. The ick factor of the relationship between a middle aged, female teacher (mother and wife) and a 16 year old boy really creeped me out. I suppose the writing was okay, and the characters, for all in intents and purp...