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The Heights by Peter Hedges

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The most successful novel yet from Hedges…

--Kirkus (Starred Review)

The Heights

Tim Welch is a popular history teacher at the Montague Academy, an exclusive private school in Brooklyn Heights, New York: "I was an odd-looking, gawky kid but I like to think my rocky start forced me to develop empathy, kindness, and a tendency to be enthusiastic. All of this, I'm now convinced, helped in my quest to be worthy of Kate Oliver." Kate is not ordinary, but she aspires to be. She stays home with their two young sons in a modest apartment, trying desperately to become the parent she never had. Tim and Kate are happily getting by until one day their neat and tidy world is turned upside-down by Anna Brody, the new neighbor who moves into the most expensive brownstone in Brooklyn. Read More…

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