Miranda Crandell has a hard road to walk being the first female head at the elite New England private school. She feels like she has a good handle on the students, their little schemes or trouble making pranks are fairly easy to handle until things begin to get messy with other teachers in the school. While holding onto her own personal secret, the book takes us through a weaving journey of truth or lie, life isn't always fair AND we reap what we sow vibes.

I am going to say there are several instances of infidelity in marriage in this book. That's not something I find makes me want to continue reading. Even if there was a happy ending...it's just not my reading space. But I did give 3* because the book is also full of funny excerpts, the characters are well written, and the setting was told in beautiful detail.

Thank you for Susan Kinsolving, NetGalley and Girl Friday Productions for allowing me this arc version in exchange for my honest review.

This is a funny and unfunny book. It touches on too many home truths to be a comedy alone - the observations cut too close to the bone to be dismissed as satire and the end result is a great read. I loved the writing style and the dry humour. I sense this author would have a great perspective on a lot of aspects of modern life which touch on the concepts of privilege and fairness and would love to read more.

this book was quirky and dry and such a unique read. the cliches and element you were tempted to believe might be included in such a plot were thankfully passed by. i liked the dry wit that i felt throughout.
it was like nothing ive read before and id gladly read more from this author.
it was a wide scoped look at the subjects involved and how we never escape some things we try our hardest not to be like. and some things arent always as they seem or defined as they seem from the outside.
this book made me think a surprising amount about certain things today with ourselves more than anything. and however much we want to keep in control things can and probably always will come up.

“Maybe it was just some freedom you wanted to try. Freedom you never had as an adolescent?” - Justine, THE HEAD'S TALE

Head of School Miranda Crandell is determined to maintain control of herself and the elite private school she oversees. She is someone who prides herself on epitomizing the cool, calm and collected persona as is befitting her role as leader of this exclusive school. That is until she hires a biologist to help develop her passion project - one she hopes will cement her reputation as one of the finest educational leaders in this academic environment. What she did not plan for was his ability to make her lose control of herself in ways that mirror the trials and tribulations she must deal with when working with privileged students and off-beat educators.

THE HEAD’S TALE is a humorous and biting commentary on life in an upper echelon New England prep school. At first, I was a little bit off by the story as I found it very cliche and shallow but as the plot developed I started to see the parallels and hypocrisy that Miranda found herself living in and my thinking shifted as I started to appreciate the messaging. The pacing is fast and engaging and the unique personalities of the characters add flavor.

The one area for improvement is the repetitive information about characters and/or their thinking. For example, Miranda’s thoughts on Evelyn and her own internal dialogue about herself and her predicament.

Thank you to NetGalley and Girl Friday Productions for the advanced copy to read. All opinions here are my own.