Zoë Heller Books in Order

Willy Muller regards the women in his life as a series of unwelcome demands. When his youngest daughter dies by suicide, the diaries she sent him force an encounter with her neglected unhappiness and feelings of remorse he would prefer to dismiss.

Lonely teacher Barbara Covett becomes fiercely attached to new colleague Sheba Hart. When Sheba's affair with a pupil becomes public, Barbara writes an account in her defense, exposing the desires, jealousies, and dependencies beneath their apparently loyal friendship.

When radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff becomes gravely ill, his wife discovers a secret that unsettles their marriage and shared convictions. Their adult children confront addiction, religious longing, and an unexpected affair as the family's political certainties begin to fracture.