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Notes on a Scandal-Zoë Heller Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 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. Zoe Heller’s novel Notes on a Scandal was published in , and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize that year. Heller’s narrative, which seems to focus on a middle-aged teacher’s scandalous affair with one of her high school students, actually turns out to be about another relationship altogether. As readers learn more and more about the narrator – another teacher who is seemingly only tangentially . Subtitled Notes on a Scandal, Heller's engrossing second novel (after Everything You Know) is actually the story of two inappropriate obsessions-one a consummated affair between a high school teacher and her student, the other a secret passion harbored by a dowdy spinster.4/5().

In Notes On A Scandal, Zoë Heller presents a novel narrated by Barbara Covett, a history teacher in St. George's, a comprehensive school in north London. When Bethsheba Hart joins the staff as a pottery teacher, Barbara realises that a special person may just have entered her life. Notes on a Scandal Summary. Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Plot Summary of "Notes on a Scandal" by Zoë Heller. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. ― Zoë Heller, Notes on a Scandal: What Was She Thinking? 0 likes. Like "Sheba has often told me that she thinks there's a rhythm to married life, an ebb and flow in the pleasure that a couple take in one another. The rhythm varies from couple to couple, she says. For some couples, the see-saw of affections takes place over a week.

Zoe Heller’s novel Notes on a Scandal was published in , and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize that year. Heller’s narrative, which seems to focus on a middle-aged teacher’s scandalous affair with one of her high school students, actually turns out to be about another relationship altogether. As readers learn more and more about the narrator – another teacher who is seemingly only tangentially involved with the events – we realize that the novel is actually about a. Notes on a scandal Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Notes on a scandal by Heller, Zoë. Publication date Topics Women teachers Publisher. The novel is in the form of Barbara’s notes on the scandal once Sheba has been caught. Barbara wants to make notes on her relationship with Sheba from the time she first met the new teacher until the “present” time, when she is still taking care of Sheba in the house of Sheba’s mom.