The Headmaster's Darlings
By Katherine Clark and Pat Conroy
4.5/5
()
About this ebook
Winner of the 2015 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction
As an English teacher at an elite private school in Mountain Brook, Alabama, Norman Laney is as unorthodox as he is morbidly obese. A natural wonder from the blue-collar South, Laney has barged into the exclusive world of Mountain Brook with a mission to defeat “the barbarians,” introduce true civilization in place of its thin veneer, and change his southern world for the better.
Laney is adored by his students and by the society ladies who rely on him to lead their book clubs and charm their party guests. But there are others who think he is a larger-than-life menace to the status quo. When Laney is suddenly faced with an ultimatum and his imminent dismissal, he must outflank the principal at his own underhanded game, find out who said what about him and why, and launch his current crop of Alabama students into the wider world—or at least into Ivy League colleges.
Katherine Clark
Katherine Clark is the co-author of the oral biographies Motherwit: An Alabama Midwife's Story, with Onnie Lee Logan, and Milking the Moon: A Southerner's Story of Life on This Planet (a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle award), with Eugene Walter. Her debut novel, The Headmaster's Darlings, won the 2015 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction, part of her Mountain Brook series, along with All the Governor's Men, The Harvard Bride, and The Ex-Suicide. All four novels were published by the University of South Carolina Press's Story River Books imprint, whose founding editor was Pat Conroy. Clark holds an A.B. degree in English from Harvard and a Ph.D. in English from Emory.
Read more from Katherine Clark
Orthodox Church - Simple Guides Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Governor's Men: A Mountain Brook Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Ex-suicide: A Mountain Brook Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Headmaster's Darlings
Titles in the series (2)
The Headmaster's Darlings Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Harvard Bride Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related ebooks
Pursuit of Justice: Sam Spencer Legal Thriller Series, #1 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Tin Lily Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Finding Home Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Star Standing: A Psychological Thriller Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe B&B at Tigertail Beach (Marco Island Series Prequel): Marco Island Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Truth: A gripping and addictive thriller that will leave you guessing until the very end Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYou Never Have to Remember the Truth: The Nick Gugliatto Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrayers and Lies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Safe Keeping Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sleepwalking In Daylight Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Love Worth Waiting For-Destinee's Story a Novella Book 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeautiful Ghost Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost And Found: Walk the Right Road Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Who Let That Killer in the House? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Real Thing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All That Glitters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Melody of the Mulberries: (Big Creek) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ten Days Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Twist and Shout Murder: A Swinging Sixties Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Family Affair: Spring Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Knucklehead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blaming the Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Between Lost and Found Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hope of Times to Come Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Edge of the Sky Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Uninvited Guest Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty (Trivia-On-Books) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCome Back to Me Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCelebration! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Southern Contemporary Fiction For You
Blackwater: The Complete Saga Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Absalom, Absalom! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The House of Dust: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Under the Magnolias Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Prince of Tides: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Earl, Honey Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Now Is Not the Time to Panic: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nothing to See Here: A Read with Jenna Pick Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heart Is A Lonely Hunter: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cold Sassy Tree Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Summer of Songbirds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cold Moon Over Babylon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Elementals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The List Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Lucky: A Mystery Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Girls in the Stilt House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hurricane Season Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yesterday Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Floating Girls: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Me & Emma Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Boatman's Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alligator Creek Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mosquitoes: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIf the Creek Don't Rise: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Education of Dixie Dupree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Headmaster's Darlings
2 ratings0 reviews