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A lonely schoolteacher reveals more than she intends when she records the story of her best friend's affair with a pupil in this sly, insightful novel.Schoolteacher Barbara Covett has led a solitary life until Sheba Hart, the new 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 her own.What Was She Thinking? is a story of repression and passion, envy and complacence, friendship and loneliness. A complex psychological portrait framed as a wicked satire, it is by turns funny, poignant, and sinister. With it, Zoë Heller surpasses the promise of her critically acclaimed first novel, Everything You Know.The basis of the 2006 film, Notes on a Scandal, starring Judi Dench and Kate Blanchett.Praise for What Was She Thinking?Shortlisted for the Man Booker PrizeA New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of 2003, Esquire and Entertainment Weekly“Equally adroit at satire and at psychological suspense, Heller charts th

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Author

Zoë Heller

Publisher

H. Holt; Henry Holt and Co.; Picador

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805073331

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.69 / 5 (200 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14