The Headmaster s Wife Inspired by a personal loss Greene explores the way that tragedy and time assail one man s memories of his life and loves Like his father before him Arthur Winthrop is the Headmaster of Vermont s el

Inspired by a personal loss, Greene explores the way that tragedy and time assail one man s memories of his life and loves.Like his father before him, Arthur Winthrop is the Headmaster of Vermont s 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 CentraInspired by a personal loss, Greene explores the way that tragedy and time assail one man s memories of his life and loves.Like his father before him, Arthur Winthrop is the Headmaster of Vermont s 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 Headmaster s Wife stands as a moving elegy to the power of love as an antidote to grief.
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Thomas Christopher Greene was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts Tom has worked in a staple factory as an oyster shucker a speechwriter and spokesperson for a presidential campaign the director of public affairs for two colleges and as a professor of writing and literature In 2006, Tom founded the Vermont College of Fine Arts, a top New England arts college, making him the youngest college president in America at that time The Headmaster s Wife is Tom s fourth novel He lives in Vermont with his wife and daughter.