A Lesson in Love: A Little Village School Novel - Hardcover

Phinn, Gervase

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9781444779356: A Lesson in Love: A Little Village School Novel

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ISBN 10: 1444779354 ISBN 13: 9781444779356

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2015

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The fourth Little Village School novel.
Love is in the air in the little village of Barton-in-the-Dale. Anyone can see that Ashley Underwood and Emmet O'Malley are made for each other. They've just got to admit it to themselves . . . But as the saying goes, the course of true love never did run smooth.
While romance blossoms on one side of the village, an angry young boy struggles to believe in love. But when tragedy strikes, he learns that comfort and care can come from the most unexpected of places.
Meanwhile, head teacher Elisabeth Stirling faces a new challenge for the start of the school year. An eccentric teacher joins the staff, and there's also a worrying case of potential negligence to answer. In the village too, a puritanical new vicar stirs up trouble. But as always, mixed in with the drama there's plenty of gossip, laughter, friendship - and love - in Barton-in-the-Dale.

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About the Author:

Dr Gervase Phinn is a teacher, freelance lecturer, author, poet, educational consultant and visiting professor of education. For fourteen years he taught in a range of schools, then acted as General Adviser for Language Development in Rotherham before moving on to North Yorkshire, where he spent ten years as a school inspector - time that has provided much source material for his books. He has four grown up children and four grandchildren and lives near Doncaster. Visit Gervase's website, www.gervase-phinn.com.

Review:

A worthy successor to James Herriot, and every bit as endearing.―Alan Titchmarsh

Written with all the humour and warmth one has come to expect from this master storyteller.―Countryman

Wonderful characters...if you love village life, this is one for you.―Woman Magazine

Packed with delightful and authentic characters, juicy gossip, precarious romance and good old-fashioned village drama, this is a warm-hearted and hilarious account of a struggling school in a small community.―Good Book Guide

As Yorkshire's favourite school inspector turns to fiction you can enjoy memorable characters and turns of phrase.―Choice

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