What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Now the Major Motion Picture Notes on a Scandal Schoolteacher Barbara Covett has led a solitary life until Sheba Hart, the new art teacher at St. George's, befriends her. But even as their relationship develops, so too does another: Sheba has begun an illicit...
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Now the Major Motion Picture Notes on a Scandal Schoolteacher Barbara Covett has led a solitary life until Sheba Hart, the new art teacher at St. George's, befriends her. But even as their relationship develops, so too does another: Sheba has begun an illicit affair with an underage male student. When the scandal turns into a media circus, Barbara decides to write an account in her friend's defense--and ends up revealing not only Sheba's secrets, but also her own.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312421991 (0312421990)
Publish date: June 1st 2003
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 258
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Modern
This is indeed a literary page-turner, as described in the cover blurb. Barbara Covett, a lonely high school history teacher on the cusp of retirement and aching for meaningful human connections, fixates on a younger, wealthy art teacher, Sheba Hart. Sheba is a wife and mother with a busy social sch...
4.5 Stars.This is so good!!Passion,Jealousy,Loneliness,Friendship,Forbidden relationship,Manipulation,And brilliant story telling.I watched the film years ago and the book is even better.‘I’m not sure I could categorize what this is. People always want to boil these things down, don’t they ? I want ...
Ok, this read was for my book (and also watch the movie) club. It started slow, and never really grabbed my attention. The premise was a bit like [b:Tampa|17225311|Tampa|Alissa Nutting|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1393784199s/17225311.jpg|23731028] and that didn't go well for me. After being pr...
another great book where the author nails it. it being a narrator who reveals more of themselves than they think they are revealing. also a book where I love the movie. I wanted to read the book because of the movie, and now I want to watch the movie again because I read the book - the movie gets to...
another great book where the author nails it. it being a narrator who reveals more of themselves than they think they are revealing. also a book where I love the movie. I wanted to read the book because of the movie, and now I want to watch the movie again because I read the book - the movie gets to...