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What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal] - Zoë Heller
What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
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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... show more
 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)
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 258
Edition language: English
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Merle
Merle rated it
4.0 Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
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...
Jude1111
Jude1111 rated it
5.0 What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal
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 ...
KatieMc
KatieMc rated it
2.0 What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
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...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it
4.0 What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
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...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it
4.0 What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
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...
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