What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal: A Novel артикул 7527d.
What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal: A Novel артикул 7527d.

Book Description A lonely schoolteacher reveals more than she intends when she records the story of her best friend’s affair with a pupil in this sly, insightful novel Schoolteacher Barbara Covett has led a solitary existence; aside from her cat, Portia, she has few friends and no intimates When Sheba Hart joins St George’s as the new art teacher, ожыжд Barbara senses the possibility of a new friendship It begins with lunches and continues with regular invitations to meals withSheba’s seemingly close-knit family But as Barbara and Sheba’s relationship develops, another does as well: Sheba has begun a passionate affair with an underage male student When it comes to light and Sheba falls prey to the inevitable media circus, Barbara decides to write an account in her freind’s defense—an account that reveals not only Sheba’s secrets but her own What Was She Thinking? is a story of repression and passion, envy and complacence, friendship and loneliness A complex psychological portrait framed as a wicked satire, it is by turns funny, poignant, and sinister With it, Zoë Heller surpasses the promise of her critically acclaimed first novel, Everything You Know.  Underst2003 г 272 стр ISBN 0805073337.