- Women teachers, Psychological fiction, Loneliness, Fiction
When her new friend and co-worker, Sheba Hart, begins a passionate affair with a male student, schoolteacher Barbara Covett decides to defend Sheba and unknowingly reveals secrets they both hide.
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Contemporary, spare, classical in form and intimate.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Zoe Heller
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 258
- Publisher
- H. Holt, Blackstone Audiobooks, Picador
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780805073331
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