The Headmaster's Wife

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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. Download The Headmaster's Wife author Thomas Christopher Greene – kino-fada.fr My second experience with this author s storytelling found me as equally impressed as the first There s a quiet beauty to Thomas Christopher Greene s writing, his words stirring a haunting curiosity in this reader.The story opens with the police prompting a man to explain his nude wandering through Central Park Arthur Winthrop, the very man in question a... A layered story of love, unbearable loss, and grief.Wonderful read Tragic unexpected turn of events in the course of the story A sad story really beautifully written Scenery of Eastern Canada beautifully described Easy flowing read, once you start, you just want to move on and get to the outcome Intriguing Story seems quite logical, until it takes a turn 4.5 Recommended And thanks to Goodreads and my Goodreads friends, for I found this book here what a grand source of boo A layered story of love, unbearable loss, and grief.Wonderful read Tragic unexpected turn of events in the course of the story A sad story really beautifully written Scenery of Eastern Canada beautifully described Easy flowing read, once you start, you just want to move on and get to the outcome Intriguing Story seems quite logical, until it takes a turn 4.5 Recommended And thanks to Goodreads and my Goodreads friends, for I found this book here what a grand source of books GR is Like ...So, here s me searching through edelweiss catalog and I come across a book coming in 2019 called The Perfect Liar by Thomas Christopher Greene It sounds amazing and I need it desperately I send a request and I am asked have I read his book The Headmasters Wife I have not, so I read the blurb real and quick and I m like well, damn I need this too ONE CLICK Holy shizzzz, when I got to 50% I was SHOOK I was like wait WHAT I honest to God Thought I had it figured it out by the prologue I a So, here s me searching through edelweiss catalog and I come across a book coming in 2019 called The Perfect Liar by Thomas Christopher Greene It sounds amazing and I need it desperately I send a request and I am asked have I read his book The Headmasters Wife I have not, so I read the blurb real and quick and I m like well, damn I need this too ONE CLICK Holy shizzzz, when I ...So, up until the last few pages, I was thinking this would be a four star read It was well written and well craftedup until the end, where, it seems, the author ran out of interest in telling this story and just abruptly closed it Very odd.4 and 3 4 Stars The Headmaster s Wife is truly a great and unique read It twists and turns like a thriller but deals with grief and loss at the same time I ve never read anything like this I don t want to give away too much because it is best to go into this novel not knowing anything I never would have read this but two people outside of Goodreads had recommended it to me The first time someone told me about it I saw the cover and passed I m big on covers and the cover is so blah and m 4 and 3 4 Stars The Headmaster s Wife is truly a great and unique read It twists and turns like a thriller but deals with grief and loss at the same time I ve never read anything like this I don t want to give away too much because it is best to go into this novel not knowing anything I never would have read this but two people outside of Goodreads had recommended it to me The first time someone told ...I could not put it down This was a gripping novel about how we deal with grief and what it does to tear us apart As I got into the first part of the book, I wasn t sure I liked the way it was going, but it was written so well, I could stop reading Thensmack, about halfway through it takes a turn I was not expecting at all It ended up being a great read, and offers a lot of food for thought on what might have been if just any one of the circumstances for the main characters had been differ I could not put it down This was a gripping novel about how we deal with grief and what it does to tear us apart As I got into the first part of the book, I wasn t sure I ...There is no doubt that the weather here the last few days made the setting for this book really stand out Fallish, cool weather, back to school and this story that takes place at an insular prep school the Northeast.Loved how the author drops the reader right into the middle of the story and how aware we are of that but not of wha...The Headmaster s Wife Simply Stunning Like all good stories this has a beginning a middle and an end and have called the three parts Acrimony, Expectations and After just to help us out I am sure there will be plenty of people that will try and pigeon hole this book, as literary or psychological thriller but I am adding a new pigeon hole its bloody good.Arthur Winthrop is a middle aged headmaster of an elite school in Vermont who is found running naked through New York s Central Park on a co The Headmaster s Wife Simply Stunning Like all good stories this has a beginning a middle and an end and have called the three parts Acrimony, Expectations and After just to help us out I am sure there will be plenty of people ...This is a beautifully told story of love and loss and the choices we make in life It opens with the Headmaster of a prestigious but insular Vermont school, Arthur Winthrop, being found wandering naked in New York s Central Park Taken into custody by the police he slowly tells them how his life has spiraled out of control due to an obsessive love affair Half way through the book, the story switches to the Headmaster s wife Elizabeth and we gradually learnof her and Arthur s stories and w This is a beautifully told story of love and loss and the choices we make in life It opens with the Headmaster of a prestigious but insular Vermont school, Arthur Winthrop, being found wandering naked in New York s Central Park Taken into custody by t...This book is cleverly written I found it unusual in the fact there was no build up to the story, the beginning places you slap dab in the middle of it The prose is sparse but beautiful Hard to put down I will definitely readof Mr Greene s books.

The Headmaster's Wife
  • English
  • 06 January 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 288 pages
  • 1250038944
  • Thomas Christopher Greene
  • The Headmaster's Wife