num_pages: 288
description: Inspired by a personal loss Greene explores the way that tragedy and time assail one mans memories of his life and loves.Like his father before him Arthur Winthrop is the Headmaster of Vermonts 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 Headmasters Wife stands as a moving elegy to the power of love as an antidote to grief.
language: English
title: The Headmaster's Wife
publisher: Thomas Dunne Books