The Headmaster's Wife
By Thomas Christopher GreeneAn immensely talented writer whose work has been described as "incandescent" (Kirkus) and "poetic" (Booklist), Thomas Christopher Greene pens a haunting and deeply affecting portrait of one couple at their best and worst.Inspired by a personal loss, Greene explores the way that tragedy and time assail one man's memories of his life and loves. 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 events spiral out of his control. Found wandering naked in Central Park, he begins to tell his story to the police, but his memories collide into one another, and the true nature of things, a narrative of love, of marriage, of family and of a tragedy Arthur does not know how to address emerges. Luminous and atmospheric, bringing to life the tight-knit enclave of a quintessential New England boarding school, the novel is part mystery, part love story and an exploration of the ties of place and family. Beautifully written and compulsively readable, The Headmaster's Wife stands as a moving elegy to the power of love as an antidote to grief.
"A truly remarkable novel, I read the second half of "The Headmaster's Wife" with my mouth open, my jaw having dropped at the end of the first half. Thomas Christopher Greene knows how to hook a reader and land him." --Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Empire Falls"
""
"An accomplished and artful storyteller, Greene has surprises in store as he unspools a plot that becomes as poignant as it is unpredictable." --Wally Lamb, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Hour I First Believed""Greene's genre-bending novel of madness and despair evokes both the predatory lasciviousness of Nabokov's classic, "Lolita," and the anxious ambiguity of Gillian Flynn's contemporary thriller, "Gone Girl "(2012)." --"Booklist"
Book details
- Hardcover
- 277 pages
- English
- 1250038944
- 9781250038944
About Thomas Christopher Greene
thomas christopher greene was born and raised in worcester, massachusetts.in 2006, tom founded the vermont college of fine arts, a top new england arts col Read More about Thomas Christopher Greene
More Books By Thomas Christopher Greene
People who bought this also bought
Big Ten Football, Its Life and Times, Great Coaches, Players, and Games
Used Book
Do It Right the First Time : What Every Homeowner Needs to Know Before the Work Begins
Used Book
Sincerely Yours : Discovering the Treasures of God's Written Word : Volume Two-The Gospel of Mark
Used Book
Peace Child: An Unforgettable Story of Primitive Jungle Teaching in the 20th Century by Don Richardson
Used Book
The New Workplace: Transforming the Character and Culture of Our Organizations
Used Book
Mwakenya : The Unfinished Revolution: Selected Documents of the Mwakenya - December Twelve Movement (1974-2002)
New Book
The Difference Maker: Making Your Attitude Your Greatest Asset by John C. Maxwell
New Book
The Automatic Millionaire : A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich
New Book
Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim: A Personal Manual for Prayer and Ritual
Used Book