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{{Short description|Book by Zoë Heller}}
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| name          = Notes on a Scandal
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| image         = NotesonaScandalbook.jpg
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| caption = First edition UK cover
| author        = [[Zoë Heller]]
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| country       = United Kingdom
| language      = English
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| genre        = [[Fiction]]
| publisher     = Viking
| release_date  = June 5, 2003 (UK)
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| media_type    = Print ([[Hardcover]] and [[Paperback]])
| pages         = 256 pp
| isbn          = 0-670-91406-1
| oclc= 51912896
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'''''Notes on a Scandal''''' ('''''What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal''''' in the U.S.) is a 2003 novel by [[Zoë Heller]]. It is about a female teacher at a London [[comprehensive school]] who begins an affair with an [[minor (law)|underage]] pupil. Heller said to ''[[The Observer]]'' in 2003 that the real life controversy of American middle-school teacher [[Mary Kay LeTourneau]]'s affair with a student was the inspiration for the novel.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kellaway |first=Kate |author-link=Kate Kellaway |date=28 September 2003 |title=Great expectations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/sep/28/bookerprize2003.thebookerprize |work=[[The Observer]] |accessdate=24 March 2020}}</ref> A [[Notes on a Scandal (film)|film adaptation]] was released in 2006, starring [[Judi Dench]] and [[Cate Blanchett]]. The film received four [[Academy Award]] nominations, including nominations for Dench and Blanchett.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2007/01/23/here-are-2007-oscar-nominees|title=Here are the 2007 Oscar nominees|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Annie|last=Barrett|date=23 January 2007|accessdate=24 March 2020}}</ref>