As a rumour spreads about a teacher sleeping with a student, a group of teenage girls are jolted into new awareness of their own vertiginous sexuality. Ripples move outward in unexpected directions: the saxophone teacher directs the girls in rehearsing their desires, and the local drama school adapts the scandal for a show.
Every action is a performance, and every platform a stage. The boundaries between private and public begin to dissolve – or perhaps they were never there.
Boldly inventive, unsettling, and exhilarating, The Rehearsal is a tender evocation of its young protagonists and a shrewd expose of emotional compromise. It reveals the singular daring that has defined Catton’s career.
ISBN: 9781776923311
Publication date: 09/07/2026
Edition: NE
Price: $28.00
RRP: $28.00
Format: Paperback
Available stock: 5
Publishing status: Active
Author: Catton, Eleanor
Imprint: Te Herenga Waka University Press
