The Headmaster's Wife
Arthur Winthrop is a middle-aged headmaster at an elite prep school in Vermont. When he is arrested for an act that is incredibly out of character, the strait-laced, married headmaster confesses to a much more serious crime. Arthur reveals that he has had a passionate affair with a scholarship...
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Arthur Winthrop is a middle-aged headmaster at an elite prep school in Vermont. When he is arrested for an act that is incredibly out of character, the strait-laced, married headmaster confesses to a much more serious crime. Arthur reveals that he has had a passionate affair with a scholarship student called Betsy Pappas. But Betsy is a fickle and precocious teenager. When
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781782391715 (1782391711)
Publisher: Corvus
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
The Headmaster’s Wife is a study of grief and the myriad ways it can affect people. It is also a study of contrasts. At its simplest version, it is a beautiful story of coping mechanisms and their tragic consequences. However, its insistence on also including a mystery reduces the effectiveness of t...
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