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by Zoe Heller

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.

Genre: Literary