The English Teacher

A domestic drama with the adrenaline-fuelled beating heart of a thriller. * Elle *
[Lily King] has the intuitive touch of a writer whose primary interest is the inner world of her creations. * The Boston Globe *
[Lily King] writes with subtle clarity, displaying an intuitive understanding of the vulnerable psyches of teenagers, and with pinpoint perception of her characters’ inner lives. * Booklist *
The heart of the story is its lovely depiction of wounded people struggling to find solace and stability in each other. * The Arizona Republic *
Moving and deeply absorbing. * Newsday *
The English Teacher has moments of real insight, some sensitive portrayals, and most significant of all, the narrative drive that testifies to a real storyteller at work … Ms. King is a novelist worth watching. * The Washington Times *
Lily King writes equally movingly and beautifully about both the large, dramatic and the small, seemingly inconsequential acts that destroy and define family. – Lily Tuck, winner of the National Book Award for The News from Paraguay

Lily King is the author of The Pleasing Hour, The English Teacher, Father of the Rain, Euphoria, Writers & Lovers, which was a New York Times bestseller, and the short story collection, Five Tuesdays in Winter. Euphoria won the Kirkus Prize and the New England Book Award for Fiction, was named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times, and was also a New York Times bestseller. It was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. King is also the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and has twice won both the Maine Fiction Award and the New England Book Award. She lives in Maine, USA.

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