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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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What Was She Thinking?, Zoe͏̈ Heller
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- Released
- 2003
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Zoe͏̈ Heller
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0312421990
- ISBN13
- 9780312421991
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Women, Contemporary Fiction, Friendship, Suspense, LGBTQ+, School, British Literature, England, Great Britain, Adapted for Film, Marriage, London, Loneliness, Homosexuality, Teachers, Scandals and Affairs, Infidelity, Victim, Perpetrator
- First published
- 2003
- Original title
- Notes on a scandal
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- 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.