Outstanding

Name: Outstanding
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Kathryn Flett
ISBN: 9781784291907

Author: Kathryn Flett

Narrator: Emma Gregory

Unabridged: 10 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Quercus

Published: 04/07/2016

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Eve Sturridge, a high-flying divorcee and mother of two girls, is head teacher of Ivy House, an Ofsted 'Outstanding' prep school in Sussex. Eve is passionate about her school and its pupils.

When Danish power couple, Stefan and Anette Sorenson, jet in and choose Ivy House over other schools, Eve is justifiably proud. The Sorensons are A-listers who bring an aura of style and power to Ivy House.

Zoe is Eve's pretty seventeen-year-old daughter. Unlike her mother, Zoe's not so keen on school. She prefers sending nude 'selfies' to her boyfriend.

When glamorous Stefan Sorenson proposes that Zoe interns at his company and invites her to accompany him to New York, Zoe is over the moon with excitement, while Eve is too focused on Ivy House to smell danger . . .
(P)2016 WF Howes Ltd

About Kathryn Flett

Kathryn Flett is a journalist who has written for numerous international publications and makes regular TV and radio appearances as a critic and pundit. She was the TV critic for the Observer for ten years and currently writes a restaurant review column, Table for Two, for the Sunday Telegraph. Outstanding is her second novel. She lives (with her two sons, Jackson and Rider, her partner, the photographer Julian Anderson, two cats and a whippet called Slim), in St-Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Trish at Between My Lines on January 11, 2018

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Goodreads review by Karen on August 31, 2016

There are some funny moments, and a number of less amusing ones, in this novel that explores everything from educational ethos to relationships, while tackling family dynamics, revenge porn and finance. And that, for me, was the key issue with this book. It was entertaining in many ways, and yet ther......more

Goodreads review by Diane on May 29, 2016

I was fortunate enough to be given this book by net galley for an honest review. Unfortunately this novel wasn't Outstanding. I was drawn to this book as I work in a school and thought it would be a great read. It is well written and I really don't know why it didn't push my buttons. I got to a poin......more

Goodreads review by Hasanthi on November 25, 2017

Hello Book Lovers!!!! How are you all??? Oh! Me? I am doing great. So as usual I have been busy (crazy as ever). I was reading. I had my birthday on the 23rd. All in all it was cool. Back to the topic, ya I have been reading a lot. Physical books as well as e book on kindle. For the month of November......more

Goodreads review by Jan on January 04, 2021

An easy read. I didn't feel I got to know any characters in depth nor did I have any strong feelings about them. The storylines was too wide ranging, some lines were explored in depth others almost abandoned. So a rather disjointed read.......more