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Notes On A Scandal (what Was She Thinking) (reissue) (paperback)
Notes On A Scandal (what Was She Thinking) (reissue) (paperback) - By Zoe Heller
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Notes on a Scandal: What Was She Thinking?: A Novel
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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In the end, What Was She Thinking? isn't so much about the standard student-teacher affair as it is about the complicated weights and balances of female friendships. Some of the novel's funniest scenes show the women adopting a posture of honesty and ''supportiveness'' while privately judging or dismissing one another. It's a recognizable snit-fit of ''enough about you, what about me'' that pushes Barbara into her final betrayal. In a way, Barbara risks more for friendship than Sheba does for romance...
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Books. Notes on a Scandal: What Was She Thinking
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New - Barbara Covett, a middle-aged teacher at a private school, befriends the new teacher, Sheba Hart, whose exotic looks and naively open manner and way of dressing are a contrast to her own drabber style. When Sheba begins an affair with a 15-year-old student, Barbara chronicles it in a narrative that reveals not only Sheba's sad story but the cosmic differences between these two women. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
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In the end, What Was She Thinking? isn't so much about the standard student-teacher affair as it is about the complicated weights and balances of female friendships. Some of the novel's funniest scenes show the women adopting a posture of honesty and ''supportiveness'' while privately judging or dismissing one another. It's a recognizable snit-fit of ''enough about you, what about me'' that pushes Barbara into her final betrayal. In a way, Barbara risks more for friendship than Sheba does for romance...
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What Was She Thinking? (notes On A Scandal A Novel) (reprint) (paperback)
What Was She Thinking? (notes On A Scandal A Novel) (reprint) (paperback) - By Zoe Heller
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What Was She Thinking? (notes On A Scandal) (compact Disc) - By Zoe Heller,nadia May (narrator) - Audio Cd
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This is chief among the reasons why I have now decided to risk further calumny by writing my own account of Sheba’s downfall. I am presumptuous enough to believe that I am the person best qualified to write this small history. I would go so far as to hazard that I am the only person. Sheba and I have spent countless hours together over the last eighteen months, exchanging confidences of every kind. Certainly, there is no other friend or relative of Sheba’s who has been so intimately involved in the...
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Book Details Heller, Zoë What Was She Thinking [Notes On A Scandal] - 1st US Edition/1st Printing Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author Edition: First Edition; First Printing Size: 8vo Publisher: Henry Holt, 2003, New York, NY, USA ISBN: 9780805073331 [Book #12539] First US Edition/First Printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket, this one signed by author Zoë Heller; Heller's second novel (after Everything You Know) , the psychological...
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Barbara Covett, a middle-aged teacher at a private school, befriends the new teacher, Sheba Hart, whose exotic looks, naively open manner, and unprofessional dress are a contrast to Barbara's own drab looks and lonely lifestyle. When Sheba begins an affair with a 15-year-old student, Barbara becomes Sheba's confidant, but her own motives are far from innocent. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003, WHAT WAS SHE THINKING was made into the 2006 film NOTES ON SCANDAL starring Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett...
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Books. What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal a Novel
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