Preview

Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Headmaster's Wife

By: Thomas Christopher Greene
Narrated by: Stephen Hoye, Kevin T. Collins, Tavia Gilbert
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $19.95

Buy for $19.95

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

An immensely talented writer whose work has been described as “incandescent” (Kirkus) and “poetic” (Booklist), Thomas Christopher Greene pens a haunting and deeply affecting portrait of one couple at their best and worst. 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 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. The Headmaster’s Wife stands as a moving elegy to the power of love as an antidote to grief.

©2014 Thomas Christopher Greene (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

What listeners say about The Headmaster's Wife

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    45
  • 4 Stars
    91
  • 3 Stars
    68
  • 2 Stars
    24
  • 1 Stars
    10
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    74
  • 4 Stars
    77
  • 3 Stars
    38
  • 2 Stars
    17
  • 1 Stars
    7
Story
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    45
  • 4 Stars
    74
  • 3 Stars
    54
  • 2 Stars
    24
  • 1 Stars
    11

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.