No Ivory Tower by Stephen Davenport

No Ivory Tower

A Novel

Stephen Davenport

Turner Publishing Company · Print & ebook · May 7, 2019

Set in the backdrop of a prestigious all-girls boarding school, this provocative novel explores the personal lives of those within the school's small community and the empowerment, strength, and resolve it must find in the face of a surprise adversary.

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Genres
Women's Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Coming-of-Age
Published
Turner Publishing Company, May 7, 2019

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Set in the backdrop of a prestigious all-girls boarding school, this provocative novel explores the personal lives of those within the school's small community and the empowerment, strength, and resolve it must find in the face of a surprise adversary. After a tumultuous transitional year at the prestigious boarding school, Rachel Bickham now leads as the new head of Miss Oliver's School for Girls, ready to rush in an era of renewal and success.

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With beloved teacher Francis Plummer by her side, surely she can conquer anything thrown at her, perhaps even finally start a family of her own. But lately Rachel hears nothing about Francis's classes, once legend among the students. . . In fact, the praises have been suspiciously absent. In the meantime, financial crisis still looms over the school, and now there are rumors spreading of a big scandal concerning one of the students, Claire Nelson, who is like a daughter to Rachel. To save Claire from expulsion and preserve the school's reputation, Rachel must come up with a daring plan that may risk everything--her career, marriage, even the special bond with Claire--but it may just save them all. This is the follow-up to Davenport's first novel, Saving Miss Oliver's.

Where it sits

Women's Fiction38%
Coming-of-Age29%
Psychological Fiction22%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Literary Fiction
  • Women's Fiction
  • Feminist Fiction
Authors
Stephen Davenport
Publisher
Turner Publishing Company
Published
May 7, 2019
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Literary Fiction