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Lucy Winter begins her first teaching job at a New England women’s college. From the outset, she is drawn into a scandal that tests the boundaries between faculty and students, probing the complexities of teacher‑student relationships and campus life.
First publish date: 1961
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: May Sarton
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