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040 $aBIB$cBIB$dNNC
050 4 $aPR6063.A614$bN68 2006
082 04 $a822.92$221
100 1 $aMarber, Patrick,$d1964-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95056893
245 10 $aNotes on a scandal /$c[screenplay by] Patrick Marber ; based on the novel by Zoë Heller.
260 $aLondon :$bFaber and Faber,$c2006.
300 $a112 pages ;$c20 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 $aBarbara is a cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. Her only means of taking the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. Sheba is a younger, attractive woman, who joins the faculty as an art teacher. Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary. Barbara finds herself reaching out to Sheba. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba's lecturer husband and their two children. Later, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having a sexual relationship with a 15-year old student, Barbara realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Sheba becomes uneasy with Barbara's friendship. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbara's cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. Sheba chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined.
650 0 $aLoneliness$vDrama.
650 0 $aFemale friendship$vDrama.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008120343
650 0 $aTeacher-student relationships$vDrama.
650 0 $aWomen teachers$xSexual behavior$vDrama.
700 1 $aHeller, Zoë.$tNotes on a scandal.
852 00 $bglx$hPR6063.A614$iN68 2006g