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The Headmaster's Wife
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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An immensely talented writer whose work has been described as "incandescent" (Kirkus) and "poetic" (Booklist), Thomas Christopher Greene pens a haunting and deeply affecting portrait of one couple at their best and worst. Inspired by a personal loss, Greene explores the way that tragedy and time assail one man's memories of his life and loves. Like his father before him, Arthur Winthrop is the Headmaster of Vermont's elite Lancaster School. It is the place he feels has given him his life, but is also the site of his undoing as events spiral out of his control. Found wandering naked in Central Park, he begins to tell his story to the police, but his memories collide into one another, and the true nature of things, a narrative of love, of marriage, of family and of a tragedy Arthur does not know how to address emerges. Luminous and atmospheric, bringing to life the tight-knit enclave of a quintessential New England boarding school, the novel is part mystery, part love story and an exploration of the ties of place and family. Beautifully written and compulsively readable, The Headmaster's Wife stands as a moving elegy to the power of love as an antidote to grief. "A truly remarkable novel, I read the second half of The Headmaster's Wife with my mouth open, my jaw having dropped at the end of the first half. Thomas Christopher Greene knows how to hook a reader and land him." --Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Empire Falls "An accomplished and artful storyteller, Greene has surprises in store as he unspools a plot that becomes as poignant as it is unpredictable." --Wally Lamb, New York Times bestselling author of The Hour I First Believed "Greene's genre-bending novel of madness and despair evokes both the predatory lasciviousness of Nabokov's classic, Lolita, and the anxious ambiguity of Gillian Flynn's contemporary thriller, Gone Girl (2012)." --Booklist
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lynneamch
lynneamch
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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Luck of the Irish #BlindDatewithaBook at my #library to celebrate #StPatricksDay. Not something would have come across otherwise. Looking forward to it!

TheBookHippie How lovely! 2y
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TheLudicReader
TheLudicReader
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I finished The Family Upstairs and started The Headmaster‘s Wife and read it start to finish in about three hours last night. It has all the things: unreliable narrator, beautiful writing, family drama, tragedy. Really good. #covid19readathon

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Kimbono
Kimbono
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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I've only got about 30 pages left and this (sweet) little snot won't let me read. #catblocked

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Kimbono
Kimbono
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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Hopefully this book is as good as its cover. I'm a sucker for anything with fall leaves.

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Eggs
Eggs
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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Enjoyable quirky Sunday afternoon read! Hope everyone had a peaceful weekend!

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty!!! Hope yours was great!!! 💗 7y
Eggs Thanks 😘😍 7y
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Cinfhen
Cinfhen
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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#NuYear This twisty tale of privilege and prestige opens #DownInThePark where Vermont prep school headmaster Arthur Winthrop is found shedding his clothes, as he walks through Central Park naked and distraught. Similar in feels /style of Fates and Furies, we are shown the two sides of a marriage through both the husband eyes and that of his wife. I much preferred this book and it would work for #booked2018 #SetAtSchool

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TheBookKeepers This book was hard for me to get into, but a very interesting read for sure!! 7y
Cinfhen Really!?!?? It grabbed me from page one @TheBookKeepers 7y
TheBookKeepers Yeah, I was digging it at first but lost interest as the story progressed. I really liked the setting! 7y
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Kalalalatja I will keep this in mind, I am completely blank for books set in school 🙃 7y
Cinfhen I think you'll like it @Kalalalatja another good one is
[tagged book]The Art of Fielding: A Novel
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Cinfhen @Kalalalatja I'm thinking of reading a "classic"
[tagged book]A Separate Peace
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TrishB Not heard of this. I‘ve not read Fate and Furies either as was put off by the hype! 7y
LauraBeth You had me at similar to Fates and Furies ❤️ @TrishB Fates and Furies was the best book I read in 2016! 7y
TrishB @LauraBeth at some point I will probably get to it - huge hype always puts me off for a while! 7y
Reviewsbylola I hated F&F but I do love stories about marriage. 7y
KarenUK @LauraBeth I loved F&F too! @Cinfhen I have this book! I bought it from bookoutlet a couple of years ago and still haven‘t read it! 🤦‍♀️ will definitely use it for #booked2018 .. thanks for recommending it 😘💕👍 7y
LauraBeth @Reviewsbylola what‘s your favorite book about marriage? 7y
emilyhaldi I loooooved F&F so I'm stacking this one!!! 7y
Pamwurtzler This sounds good! Stacked! 7y
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wallacereads
wallacereads
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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As I continue to ‘shop‘ from my own bookshelves, I cannot believe the number of books I own that have just sat. This was a quick read with a couple of nifty twists. #mountTBRchallenge

SilversReviews I agree - I have so many that I haven‘t read. 7y
DivaDiane I haven‘t been disappointed shopping my own shelves yet! I had good taste!! 😂 7y
Zelma @DivaDiane 😂 so true! 7y
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Kappadeemom
Kappadeemom
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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Hubby is driving me to Atlanta so I get to finish this today ;)

Cinfhen This was a good one 💥 7y
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Kappadeemom
Kappadeemom
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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You know you live in Georgia when your library book comes from the Uncle Remus Library System

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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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Read in May! Best: The Headmaster's Wife, The Kitchen House, Rush OH! (bailed on Reamde - just, no.) #maybookflowers

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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled
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Pickpick

Oooo! What a twist!!

Cinfhen Yup!!! 8y
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Well-ReadNeck
Well-ReadNeck
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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Some great books on the e-book deals today. I recommend both of these, if you haven't read them. Happy Weekend!

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Cinfhen
Cinfhen
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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#booktober #bookssetinaschool These are a few that came to mind....books set in academia, definitely make for good reading🤓I like coming of age stories and adolescent angst 🙄(Don't know why Headmasters Wife has a low rating?!? It was good!!!)

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Reviewsbylola Secret History and Prep are both favorites of mine. 8y
charl08 Love Prep. 8y
RealLifeReading I loved Prep! 8y
Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola @charl08 @RealLifeReading Prep was one of the first books I ever read for book club....it was an overwhelming love -fest 💚💜❤️ 8y
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Well-ReadNeck
Well-ReadNeck
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000677541

Today's Kindle daily deals has tons of backlist books on sale. Take a peek, you may find a bargain or two on books you have been meaning to read.

Owlizabeth I got that email and there goes all my money... 8y
brendanmleonard Get on Prince of Tides and Headmaster's Wife, errbody. 👍🏻 8y
Yamich49 Thanks for the heads-up! There goes all my money 💸💸💸😆 8y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag Regrets clicking instantly ☺️😬 (I only bought two) 8y
BethFishReads Headmaster's wife was hood 8y
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Kelreads
Kelreads
The Headmaster's Wife | Thomas Christopher Greene
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I loved this book. It's a love story, a mystery and a story about grief.

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