Notes on a Scandal

zoë heller

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...

Genres contemporaryliterary fictionbritish literatureadultaudiobookadult fictionfictionthrillerliteraturedrama

244 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,2003

Literary awards

booker prize, orange prize,

Places

england,

This edition

Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Published: March 4, 2004 by Penguin
ISBN: 9780141012254
ASIN: 0141012250
Language: English

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About the author

zoë heller

Zoe Heller was born in London in 1965 and educated at Oxford University and Columbia University, New York. She is a journalist who, after writing book reviews for various newspapers, became a feature writer for The Independent. She wrote a weekly confessional column for the Sunday Times for four years, but now writes for the Daily Telegraph and earned the title 'Columnist of the Year' in 2002.

She is the author of three novels: Everything You Know (2000), a dark comedy about misanthropic writer Willy Miller, Notes on a Scandal (2003) which tells the story of an affair between a high school teacher and her student through the eyes of the teacher's supposed friend, Barbara Covett and her latest - The Believers (2008).

Zoe Heller lives in New York.