The English Teacher

In this compelling domestic drama, Vida Avery, a dedicated English teacher at the elite Fayer Academy, finds her carefully crafted life upended after accepting a marriage proposal from widower Tom Belou. Living on a secluded New England island with her son Peter, Vida's once-cozy world begins to unravel as they blend families with Tom's grieving children. As she teaches Tess of the d'Urbervilles, the novel's themes of ostracism and social injustice resonate unsettlingly in her own life, leaving Peter to confront his mother's fragility and support her through the turmoil.