Zoë Heller

When her best friend Sheba Hart's love affair with an underage male student comes to light, igniting a media circus, solitary schoolteacher Barbara Covett decides to write an account of the affair in her friend's defense, in the process revealing not only Sheba's secrets, but also her own. By the author of Everything You Know. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Notes on a Scandal: A Novel

What Was She Thinking?

When the new teacher first arrives, Barbara immediately senses that this woman will be different from the rest of her staff-room colleagues. But Barbara is not the only one to feel that Sheba is special, and before too long Sheba is involved in an illicit affair with a pupil. Barbara finds the relationship abhorrent, of course, but she is the only adult in whom Sheba can properly confide. So when the liaison is found out and Sheba's life falls apart, Barbara is there...

Notes on a Scandal

Set in New York, this is a novel about what it means to believe.

The Believers

Os Crentes

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Zoë Heller's Notes on a Scandal ("A deliciously perverse, laugh-out-loud-funny novel." --Vogue) is a major motion picture from Fox Searchlight starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench 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.

What Was She Thinking?: A Novel

Bir Skandal Üzerine Notlar

Als Sheba Hart op St. George's komt werken als de nieuwe lerares pottenbakken, ziet de oudere, eenzame Barbara Covett in haar een verwante geest. Maar Barbara is niet de enige die zich aangetrokken voelt tot Sheba. Binnen korte tijd raakt Sheba namelijk verwikkeld in een verboden relatie met een zestienjarige leerling. Barbara is niet in staat om Sheba van haar onbezonnen gedrag af te houden. Onvermijdelijk komt de verhouding aan het licht en levert een groot schandaal in de pers op. Dat kost Sheba haar huwelijk, maar niet haar vriendschap met Barbara die loyaal aan haar zijde gaat staan, klaar om haar te steunen. Maar hoe loyaal is Barbara eigenlijk echt?

Kroniek van een schandaal

A lonely schoolteacher chronicles her relationship with a new staff member hoping that the memoirs will help with the woman's court case after it is discovered that she is having an affair with a student.

La donna dello scandalo

Everything You Know is the first novel from the bestselling author of Notes on a Scandal, Zoe Heller. The women in Willy Muller's life are trouble. His mother insists he eat tofu. His dopey girlfriend, Penny, wants him to overcome his personal space issues - while Karen, his other, even dopier, girlfriend, just wants more sex. Meanwhile, his oldest daughter, Sophie, wants him to finance her husband's drug habit. But it's his youngest daughter, Sadie, who's giving him the biggest headache. Just before committing suicide three months ago, she sent Willy her diaries. Poring over the record of her empty life, he feels pangs of something unexpected . . . remorse. But isn't it a bit late for such sentimental guff? Set in London, Hollywood and Mexico, Everything You Know is a supremely witty take on love, death and the age-old battle of the sexes. 'Instantly ranks her among the most interesting and exciting of British writers' Will Self 'Sharp and feisty, a riotous read' Tatler 'Fast paced and finely timed, veering from tragedy to farce to back again . . . full of brilliant observations' Harpers and Queen 'Seamlessly blends the sarcastic and the sincere, the comic and the tragic . . . stylish and spirited' New York Times Zoë Heller is the author of three novels, Everything You Know, Notes on a Scandal, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003 and The Believers. The 2006 film adaptation of Notes on a Scandal, starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench, received four Oscar nominations. She lives in New York.

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