What Was She Thinking?: Notes On A Scandal: A Novel

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. "Heller writes with a precision that stirs the blood and an uncommon insight into the darker sides of love."--Nuala O'Faolain.

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Now the Major Motion Picture "Notes on a Scandal" 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.