The Headmaster's Wife
"Part of a grand literary tradition . . . Greene's plot has the tight, relentless pacing of a fine detective novel . . . Deeply felt . . . and utterly absorbing."— The Washington Post Like his father before him, Arthur Winthrop is the headmaster of Vermont's elite Lancaster School. It is the...
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"Part of a grand literary tradition . . . Greene's plot has the tight, relentless pacing of a fine detective novel . . . Deeply felt . . . and utterly absorbing."— The Washington Post Like his father before him, Arthur Winthrop is the headmaster of Vermont's elite Lancaster School. It is the place he feels has given him his life, but is also the site of his undoing as
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781250062338 (1250062330)
Publisher: Picador
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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