Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Now a Major Motion Picture
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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Book details

• Format Paperback
• Pages258 pages
• LanguageEnglish
• ISBN100312426097
• ISBN139780312426095