04159cam a2200601 4500 521804639 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250803528 1250803527 db64fb79-e2bb-4078-8c81-45f5e78a1531 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5778067 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wynne, Phoebe. Madam [Libby] : A Novel. Macmillan Audio, 2021. Teachers. Highlands. secrets. Scotland. prep school. Greek mythology. high school. castle. teenagers. Gothic. Coming of age. United Kingdom. Academics. Classics. heroine. feminism. boarding school. latin. privileged. Girls School. teen girls. debut author. dark academia. phoebe wynn. unconventional education. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 381MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 381MB. Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML:<p><b>Phoebe Wynne's <i>Madam</i> is a riveting, modern gothic debut with shades of <i>The Secret History</i>, <i>The Stepford Wives</i>, and a dash of <i>Circe</i>, set at a secretive all girls' boarding school perched on a craggy Scottish peninsula.</b><br /> <b>They want our silence...</b><br /> <b>They want our obedience...</b><br /> <b>Let them see our fire burn</b><br /> For 150 years, high above rocky Scottish cliffs, Caldonbrae Hall has sat untouched, a beacon of excellence in an old ancestral castle. A boarding school for girls, it promises that the young women lucky enough to be admitted will emerge "resilient and ready to serve society."<br /> Into its illustrious midst steps Rose Christie: a 26-year-old Classics teacher, Caldonbrae's new head of the department, and the first hire for the school in over a decade. At first, Rose is overwhelmed to be invited into this institution, whose prestige is unrivaled. But she quickly discovers that behind the school's elitist veneer lies an impenetrable, starkly traditional culture that she struggles to reconcile with her modernist beliefs—not to mention her commitment to educating "girls for the future."<br /> It also doesn't take long for Rose to suspect that there's more to the secret circumstances surrounding the abrupt departure of her predecessor—a woman whose ghost lingers everywhere—than anyone is willing to let on. In her search for this mysterious former teacher, Rose instead uncovers the darkness that beats at the heart of Caldonbrae, forcing her to confront the true extent of the school's nefarious purpose, and her own role in perpetuating it.<br /> A darkly feminist tale pitched against a haunting backdrop, and populated by an electrifying cast of heroines, <i>Madam</i> will keep listeners engrossed until the breathtaking conclusion.<br /> <b>A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press</b><br /> "Imagine if Donna Tartt and Margaret Atwood got together to write a creepy, suspenseful novel about a school for young women in the Scottish Highlands...Brooding and unsettling, Wynne paints a gorgeous picture that only serves to camouflage the dark secrets she's hidden within."––Chandler Baker, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Whisper Network</i></p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:21:58. Buscombe, Nathalie. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=db64fb79-e2bb-4078-8c81-45f5e78a1531&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=db64fb79-e2bb-4078-8c81-45f5e78a1531&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)