Mrs S (Paperback)

K. Patrick

ISBN 10: 0008561036 / ISBN 13: 9780008561031

Published by HarperCollins Publishers, London, 2024

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Paperback. An Observer Best Debut of the YearA Granta Best Young British NovelistI loved this book JULIA ARMFIELDExhilarating MONICA HEISEY'Astonishing' ANDREA LAWLOR'Should be on everyone's summer reading list' iNEWS'Scorching One of our favourite reads' TIME OUTA Guardian Essential Summer ReadA sensual debut novel of the forbidden love between a young woman and a headmasters wife, unfolding across a single heatwave summer.In an elite English boarding school where the girls kiss the marble statue of the famous dead author who used to walk the halls, a young Australian woman arrives to take up the antiquated role of matron. There she meets Mrs S, the headmasters wife, a woman who is her polar opposite: assured, sophisticated, a paragon of femininity.Over the course of a long, restless heatwave, the matron finds herself irresistibly drawn ever closer into the older womans world with their unspoken desire blooming into an illicit affair of electric intensity. But, as the summer begins to fade, both know that a choice must finally be made.Desire crackles through these pages like fire TELEGRAPHWildly sexy I kept forgetting to exhale CHARLOTTE MENDELSONTheres nothing else like it out there THE TIMES'Compulsively readable beautiful, brilliant' OBSERVERMoody, generous and brilliant JESSIE BURTON'Rare and thrilling' SARAH WINMAN A sensual debut novel of the forbidden love between a young woman and a headmasters wife, unfolding across a single heatwave summer. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mrs S (Paperback)
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, London
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0008561036
• ISBN 13: 9780008561031
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A sublime and sensual debut novel exploring the nature of queer love and attraction, the transformative power of desire, and the dissonance between self and place, by White Review Fiction Prize shortlisted writer K Patrick

In an elite English boarding school where the girls kiss the marble statue of the famous dead author who used to walk the halls, a butch antipodean outsider arrives to take up the antiquated role of “matron.” Within this landscape of immense privilege, where difference is met with hostility, the matron finds herself unsure of her role, her accent and her body.

That is until she meets Mrs. S, the headmaster’s wife, a woman who is her polar opposite—an assured, authoritative paragon of femininity. Over the course of a long, restless summer, their unspoken yearning blooms into an illicit affair of electric intensity. But, as the summer fades, a choice must be made.

Seductive, stylish, and disarmingly wry, K Patrick’s bold and revelatory debut smolders with the heat of summer as it explores the queer experience and the force of forbidden love.