When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel's children will have to deal with this unsettling secret themselves, but meanwhile, they are trying to cope with their own dilemmas. … Zobraziť viac info ►

The women in Willy Muller's life are trouble. His mother insists he eat tofu. His dopey girlfriend, Penny, wants him to overcome his personal space issues - while Karen, his other, even dopier, girlfriend, just wants more sex. Meanwhile, his oldest daughter, Sophie, wants him to finance her husband's drug habit. But it's his youngest daughter, Sadie, who's … Zobraziť viac info ►

Zoe Heller's The Believers - part of the limited edition Penguin Street Art series: timeless writing, enduring design. "On the flyleaf of the diary she was keeping that year, she had inscribed Socrates' words: "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. " When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff, … Zobraziť viac info ►

From the first day that the beguiling Sheba Hart joins the staff of St George's, history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced that she has found a kindred spirit. Barbara's loyalty to her new friend is passionate and unstinting and when Sheba is discovered to be having an illicit affair with one of her pupils, Barbara quickly elects herself as Sheba's cheif … Zobraziť viac info ►

A comic, tragic, supremely entertaining novel about one family's struggles with the consolations of faith and the trials of doubt. When New York radical lawyer, Joel Litvinoff falls gravely ill, his wife Audrey uncovers a secret that forces her to re-examine both her belief in him and her commitment to their forty-year marriage. Meanwhile, her ne'er-do-well … Zobraziť viac info ►

When the new teacher first arrives, Barbara immediately senses that this woman will be different from the rest of her staff-room colleagues. But Barbara is not the only one to feel that Sheba is special, and before too long Sheba is involved in an illicit affair with a pupil. Barbara finds the relationship abhorrent, of course, but she is the only adult … Zobraziť viac info ►

Když Sheba Hartová nastoupí na londýnskou střední školu St George’s jako učitelka keramiky, postarší a osamělá Barbara Covettová vycítí, že našla spřízněnou duši. Barbara však není jediná, koho Sheba přitahuje. Zanedlouho se Sheba zaplete do tajného milostného vztahu s jedním ze svých studentů. Když jejich známost … Zobraziť viac info ►

Názov i prvé stránky knihy naznačujú, že ústredným motívom bude pikantný škandálik, ktorý rozdúchala miestna tlač po odhalení nedovoleného sexuálneho vzťahu štyridsaťročnej učiteľky Sheby Hartovej so žiakom strednej školy v severnom Londýne. Samozvanou kronikárkou Shebinho príbehu je osamelá stará dievka, učiteľka … Zobraziť viac info ►