A teacher reveals how current education policy is failing our kids through stories of her own students in the public schools of Philadelphia.Since the passing of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, American schools have emphasized test scores to measure school performance—forcing educators to "teach to the test." Though teachers have fought to get rid of this detrimental trend, many corporate reformers turn a blind eye to the real problems teachers face today: cla...

A gripping, twisty story of adultery and scandal from the bestselling author of Our House.'Tense, twisty and completely addictive' Good Housekeeping'A nail-biter until the very last pages' Daily ExpressSome secrets are too dangerous to share . . .When Emily Marr begins an affair with her married neighbour, the celebrated surgeon Arthur Woodhall, she has no idea of t...

A gripping, twisty story of adultery and scandal from the bestselling author of Our House.Some secrets are too dangerous to share . . .When Emily Marr begins an affair with her married neighbour, the celebrated surgeon Arthur Woodhall, she has no idea of the tragedy and scandal their actions will cause. With shattering speed, she becomes the object of a media witchhunt, her only choice to change her identity and vanish.Soon after, Tabby Dewhurst arrives on the Ile d...