01866cam a2200325 i 4500 175691697 TxAuBib 20140930120000.0 131122s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780316200929 pbk. 0316200921 pbk. TxAuBib rda 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, Yūko 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, Yūko 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"--Page 4 of cover. 20140930. Middle school teachers Fiction. Middle school students Fiction. Accidents Fiction. Revenge Fiction. Teacher-student relationships Fiction. Snyder, Stephen, 1957-, translator.