The English Teacher

Lily King

Original title: The English teacher

first published 2005 Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005 244 pages

Fifteen years ago Vida Avery arrived alone and pregnant at elite Fayer Academy. By living on campus, on an island off the New England coast, Vida has cocooned herself and her son, Peter, from the outside world and from an inside secret. For years she has lived largely through the books she teaches, but when she accepts the impulsive marriage proposal of ardent widower Tom Belou, the prescribed life Vida has construct...

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English Teacher edition · 2024 · Pan Macmillan · 9781035051175
English Teacher edition · 2022 · Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9780802160300
English Teacher edition · 2007 · Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9781555846640
The English Teacher paperback · 2006 · Grove Press · 256 pages · 9780802142665
The English teacher edition · 2005 · Atlantic Monthly Press · 244 pages
The English teacher edition · 2005 · RB Large Print · 312 pages

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