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The English Teacher

By: Lily King
Narrated by: Christina Moore
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A Chicago Tribune and Publishers Weekly Best Novel

A domestic drama with the adrenaline-fuelled beating heart of a thriller’ - Elle

From Lily King, author of Writers and Lovers, The English Teacher is a compelling drama about the fragility of a life built from ruins and the need to protect it.


Fifteen years ago, English teacher Vida Avery arrived alone and pregnant at the elite Fayer Academy. Living on the campus off the coast of New England, she worked to become a beloved fixture of the school – and to shelter herself and her son, Peter, from a painful secret she left behind.

Then she accepts the impulsive marriage proposal of ardent widower Tom Belou, and the prescribed life Vida has constructed begins to come apart. As Peter bonds with Tom and his new step-siblings, Vida retreats further into the books she teaches. To embrace life and a chance at happiness, she will have to face the nightmares of her former self – and shed the pain she has held onto for far too long.

©2007 Lily King (P)2024 Macmillan Publishers International Limited
Domestic Thrillers Family Life Literary Fiction Psychological Exciting
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Lily King writes equally movingly and beautifully about both the large, dramatic and the small, seemingly inconsequential acts that destroy and define family. (Lily Tuck, winner of the National Book Award for The News from Paraguay)

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