02159cam a2200433 i 4500 345952706 TxAuBib 20180516120000.0 140404s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014937563 9780316200929 15.99 0316200921 15.99 eng rda TxAuBib rda eng jpn Minato, Kanae, 1973- Kokuhaku English. Confessions [BOOK] : a novel / Kanae Minato ; translated by Stephen Snyder. First English language edition. New York : Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2014. 234 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier After calling off her engagement in wake of a tragic revelation, Yko Moriguchi had nothing to live for except her only child, four-year-old Manami. Now, following an accident on the grounds of the middle school where she teaches, Yko has given up and tendered her resignation. But first she has one last lecture to deliver. She tells a story that upends everything her students ever thought they knew about two of their peers, and sets in motion a maniacal plot for revenge. Narrated in alternating voices, with twists you'll never see coming, Confessions explores the limits of punishment, despair, and tragic love, culminating in a harrowing confrontation between teacher and student that will place the occupants of an entire school in danger. 20180516. Translated from the Japanese. Teacher-student relationships Fiction. Teacher-student relationships. Middle school teaching Fiction. Middle school teaching. Revenge Fiction. Revenge. Middle school students Fiction. Middle school students. Accidents Fiction. Accidents. Mystery fiction. Snyder, Stephen, 1957-