Calgary Public Library

The best kind of people, by Zoe Whittall

Label
The best kind of people, by Zoe Whittall
Language
eng
Form of composition
other
Format of music
not applicable
Literary text for sound recordings
not applicablefiction
Main title
The best kind of people
Music parts
not applicable
Responsibility statement
by Zoe Whittall
Summary
George Woodbury is a teacher at a prestigious Connecticut prep school. He is voted Teacher of the Year every year, after he rescued the school from a gunman attack. On his daughter's 17th birthday this beloved husband and father, is arrested for sexual impropriety with teenage girls on a skiing trip. His wife, Joan, vaults between denial and rage as the community she loved turns on her. Their daughter, Sadie, a popular over-achieving high school senior, becomes a social pariah. Their son, Andrew, a lawyer, assists in his father's defense, while wrestling with his own unhappy memories of his teen years coming out as gay. With George awaiting trial, how do the members of his family pick up the pieces and keep living their lives? How do they defend someone they love while wrestling with the possibility of his guilt? Bestseller. 2016
Target audience
specialized
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Classification
Content

Incoming Resources

  • Has instance
    1

Outgoing Resources