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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Notes on a Scandal: What Was She Thinking?: A Novelby Zoe Heller
Review-a-Day (What is Review-a-Day?)"Her mixed motives for concocting such a voyeuristic tall tale are ultimately what give Heller's novel its queasy, heartbreaking kick. 'For most people,' Barbara says, 'honesty is such an unusual departure from their standard modus operandi ? such an aberration in their workaday mendacity.' Her own mendacity is more refined, wonderfully entertaining, and deeply (which is to say tragically) unconscious." James Marcus, The Atlantic Monthly (read the entire Atlantic review) Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and 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. Review:"Sparkling....A stylish and spirited debut." The New York Times Review:"A caustic and ultimately devastating novel." The New Yorker Review:"Both a penetrating character study and a sharp examination of voyeurism, Heller's novel is utterly brilliant." Booklist Review:"Heller elevates a tabloid-worthy tale of obsession into an intense, witty, literary page-turner." Entertainment Weekly Review:"Heller is a great ventriloquist of character, and as the unhinged curator of the Sheba affair, Barbara is painfully note-perfect. What Was She Thinking? achieves some very worthy literary aims indeed." The Washington Post Book World Review:"The triumph of What Was She Thinking? is that we see this caricature of a bitter, manipulative woman finally as just another confused person struggling with love and loneliness." Oregonian Review:"[T]he novel provides the titillating pleasure of watching something bad happen up close....Heller does a beautiful job giving voice to a hero who is both in control and losing control." Chicago Tribune Review:"Deliciously perverse, laugh-out-loud funny [with] caustic wit and needle-sharp observations. The reader looks on, amused and aghast, as both unlikely seductress and her self-deluding protector become locked in a helpless embrace of need and betrayal." Vogue Review:"[A] tartly readable portrait of terminal neediness, as sharp and merciless as any of Zoë Heller's columns." The Los Angeles Times Review:"The novel is gripping from start to finish; Heller brings vivid, nuanced characterizations to the racy story." Publishers Weekly
Review:"The most gripping novel of the year. You leave this extraordinary book utterly shaken, with new knowledge of the human heart. Heller writes with a precision that stirs the blood and an uncommon insight into the darker sides of love." Nuala O'Faolain Synopsis:Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Heller's stirring novel that chronicles the friendship between two schoolteachers is now a major motion picture from Fox Searchlight, starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench. About the AuthorZoë Heller was born in London and lives in New York City. She is the author of the novel Everything You Know. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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