Barbara, a veteran and cynical schoolteacher, is a loner close to retirement. When a youthful new art teacher joins the faculty, Barbara learns she is having an affair with a student. She soon discovers that knowledge is power, and she intends to use it. "Grade A. Sensationally nasty and clever."--Entertainment Weekly "A wicked delight. You'll hang on every twist and turn."--Newsweek "Spellbinding and 'explosive' acting from Dench and Blanchett."--Rolling...

Tells "the touching true story of the star-crossed love between writer Robert Howard and schoolteacher Novalyne Price"--Container.